チガヤ

noun

cogon grass; Imperata cylindrica

A perennial grass species common in East and Southeast Asia, often considered a weed. The name is usually written in kana.

• チガヤは道みち端ばたや空あき地ちによく生はえている。

  Cogon grass often grows along roadsides and in vacant lots.

• 春はるになると、チガヤの白しろい穂ほが風かぜに揺ゆれる。

  In spring, the white plumes of cogon grass sway in the wind.