草くさ花ばな

also: そうか

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to flowers and flowering plants in general, often with a nuance of small, charming, or garden-variety blooms rather than large or exotic ones.

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Colorful flowers are blooming in the garden.

春はるになると、道みち端ばたにたくさんの草くさ花ばなが見みられる。

In spring, you can see many wildflowers along the roadside.

〈場ば所しょ〉に草くさ花ばなを植うえるto plant flowers in a place
庭にわに色いろとりどりの草くさ花ばなを植うえた。
I planted colorful flowers in the garden.
草くさ花ばなを育そだてるto grow/cultivate flowering plants
祖そ母ぼは毎まい年ねんたくさんの草くさ花ばなを育そだてている。
My grandmother grows lots of flowering plants every year.
草くさ花ばなが咲さくfor flowers/flowering plants to bloom
春はるになると野の原はらに草くさ花ばなが咲さき始はじめる。
When spring comes, flowers start blooming in the field.

花はなN5
花 is the general, everyday word for 'flower', while 草花 specifically emphasizes flowering plants as a category, often small or garden-variety.
植しょく物ぶつN3
植物 is the broad scientific term for 'plant' covering trees and non-flowering species, whereas 草花 is narrower and limited to flowering plants.

草くさ木きN1
草花 specifically means flowering plants, whereas 草木 broadly covers grasses and trees without implying flowers.

本ほんN5
For long, thin objects (sticks, stems, wires, bottles); also 'pieces' like films, articles, and phone calls.
株かぶN2
For rooted plants and clumps — garden plants, shrubs, seedlings.

草花Usage99%
- くさばな
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading くさばな is the most common.
- そうか
  Alternate reading そうか is rare and mainly used in formal or literary contexts.
くさばなUsage1%

Compound of 草 (くさ, 'grass') and 花 (はな, 'flower'), literally 'grass-flower', referring to herbaceous flowering plants.

そうか