草

amateur sumo wrestling

thatching; thatch; thatched roof

mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)

green grass; verdure

tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds

Colloquial; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

die hard spirit

Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)

rice plant's height

zinnia

herbaceous plant; herb

Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)

draft poem

picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)

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

Chinese artichoke (Stachys sieboldii); Japanese artichoke; chorogi

white Dutch clover

mimosa

採草 only

cutting grass for fodder or compost

seaweed collecting

hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus

flower market during Obon; fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift

rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)

mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant

やまくさ／やまぐさ only

Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)

酢漿草／酸漿草／鳩酸草／酢母草 only; Word usually written using kana alone

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)