庭の草を刈った。
I cut the grass in the garden.
道端に草が生えている。
Grass is growing on the roadside.
Archaic slang for a ninja, derived from the idea of hiding in the grass.
昔の隠語で、忍者を「草」と呼ぶことがあった。
In old slang, ninja were sometimes called 'kusa'.
Modern slang for marijuana, from the resemblance to grass.
あいつは草を吸っているらしい。
I heard that guy smokes weed.
not genuine; substandard; makeshift
Prefix used to indicate something is makeshift, inferior, or not the real thing. Common in compounds like 草野球 (pickup baseball) or 草競馬 (local horse race).
週末は草野球を楽しんでいる。
I enjoy pickup baseball on weekends.
Internet slang for laughter, derived from multiple 'w' characters (from 笑う) looking like grass. Used as an expression of amusement.
See also: 笑
その動画、マジで草。
That video is seriously LOL.
草生えるわ。
That's hilarious.
I mowed the grass in the garden.
He is said to have been smoking weed.
Grass is growing in the garden.
The garden is overgrown with weeds.
great variety of flowering plants; many kinds of flowers · light greenish-blue; pale turquoise · various; diverse
grassland; meadow
mowing; grass cutting; mower
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed
grassy place; patch of grass; the grass
flower; flowering plant
remarks; comments; way of talking · excuse · topic of conversation
young grass; fresh green grass
the seven spring flowers · the seven autumn flowers · Festival of Seven Herbs; January 7th
arabesque pattern; scrolling vine pattern · toothed medick; bur clover
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler · pioneer; founder; originator
weeding; pulling weeds
loitering on the way; dawdling en route; making unnecessary stops · wayside grass; grass growing by the road
plant height; height of a plant
stinging nettle (Urtica thunbergiana)
hay; dry grass
weed cutter; grass cutter; brush cutter · lawn mower
soft rush; common rush
common ragweed; annual ragweed
forget-me-not
weeding; weed pulling · weeder; weeding fork
undergrowth; weeds beneath trees
Obon flower market; plant fair for offerings
mugwort rice cake; kusa mochi
reed pipe; grass whistle
green grass
duckweed · rootless person; wanderer