茅

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Rare term

thatched roof

cogon grass and thorny shrubs (materials for thatching roofs)

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

hayfield; field of miscanthus

thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)

ぼうもん only; Humble

my home

Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)

thatched roof

Rare term

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

Often used in literature as an example of a bleak landscape

sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass

Word usually written using kana alone

Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)

Word usually written using kana alone

Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)

thatching grass; thatching sedge

orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata); cat grass

abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)

Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass