草

Word usually written using kana alone

Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

dried nori; dried laver

wood louse; wood lice; slater

roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine

alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Japanese Names of Medical Herbs (book written 901-923)

Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)

campanula; bellflower

grass-roots movement

tobacco pouch; tobacco container

crudely made zori with straw fastenings

Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap

Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

smoking in bed

Word usually written using kana alone

galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)

しゃそう only

nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)

precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade

Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis)

tobacco field; tobacco patch

cigar

snuff

Buddhism; From Nirvana sutra

all things have the Buddha nature

forget-me-not blue

Idiomatic expression

to search every square inch; to search high and low

cigarette; cigar

Idiomatic expression

to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield