noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
weeding; pulling weeds
Refers to the act of pulling weeds by hand or with a small tool. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (草むしりをする).
週末は庭の草むしりをした。
I did some weeding in the garden over the weekend.
草むしりは腰が痛くなる。
Weeding makes my back hurt.
Standard spelling; the kanji 草 and the kana むしり are the most common written form.
Rarely used kanji form; 毟 is not a jōyō kanji.
草取り is a more general term for weed removal, while 草むしり emphasizes pulling weeds out by the roots.
Compound of 草 (kusa, 'grass, weed') and むしり (mushiri, the continuative form of むしる (mushiru, 'to pluck, to pull out')).