草

to give up smoking; to stop smoking

common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot

forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

rubber thongs; rubber flip-flops

to complete one's journey

a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)

Abbreviation

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man

servant in charge of footwear

haystack; hay bale

Internet slang; Jocular, humorous term

to laugh

Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword

dyeing with vegetable dyes

seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)

common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy

electronic cigarette; e-cigarette

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)

hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort

bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose

Formal or literary term

an old woman's gray hair

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)

hemp-soled sandals

smoking while walking

hookah; shishah; waterpipe

alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)

Colloquial

amateur race; unofficial race