草
草

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

9 strokesFrequency 967JLPT N2Grade 1

On

ソウ

Kun

くさくさ--ぐさ

Nanori

そや

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

grass

Constituents

?flowers
十needle
十ten
日day
日sun
早early
早sunflower

Mnemonic Stories

Grass grows earlier than flowers.

Dictionary

Common Words

草そうNounFreq #31
1

draft; rough copy

2

Abbreviation

highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style

草くさ艸Freq #2171
1

Common noun

grass; weed; herb; thatch

Examples
月には草が生えて無い。
There is no grass on the moon.
2

Archaic; Common noun

ninja

3

Slang; Common noun

marijuana; cannabis

4

Prefix

not genuine; substandard

5

Internet slang; Expressions; From multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembling grass: wwwwww

LOL; haha

仕草仕種しぐさ為種NounFreq #3334
1

gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism

Examples
そのしぐさで観客は笑い出した。
The gesture fetched a laugh from the audience.
2

acting; performance

タバコ煙草《たばこ》莨烟草NounUsually kanaFreq #8369
1

tobacco; cigarette; cigar

2

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

薬草やくそうNounFreq #8418
1

medicinal herb

草原そうげんくさはらくさわらNounFreq #8443
1

grassy field; grassland; meadow

Examples
野生の動物たちが草原を歩き回っていた。
Wild animals roamed across the plains.
2

そうげん only

grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe

雑草ざっそうNoun～の Adj.Freq #9460
1

weed

Examples
雑草が急に生えた。
Weeds sprang up in the garden.
わた綿棉草綿ワタNounFreq #10663
1

Word usually written using kana alone

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)

Examples
我々は綿の代わりにピーナッツを植えた。
We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
2

batting; wadding; padding

Examples
茶碗を投げれば綿にて受けよ。
A soft answer is a specific cure of anger.
草木くさきそうもくNounFreq #11728
1

plants; vegetation

Examples
雨が降らなかったせいで草木が枯れてしまった。
Absence of rain caused the plants to die.
くたびれる《草臥れる》Usually kanaIchidan verbFreq #11997
1

Intransitive verb

to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary

Examples
私は仕事でひどくくたびれている。
I'm very tired from work.
2

Intransitive verb

to become worn out; to become battered (from long use)

3

Auxiliary verb; After the -masu stem of a verb

to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

Examples
ジャックは５０マイル歩いてくたびれた。
Jack was tired from having walked fifty miles.
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