草

dark green

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)

a text written entirely in kana

graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)

notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)

rough draft

strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)

herbivore

reed pipe

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

hurry; rush; flurry

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

simple; brief; quick

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

rough; crude; careless; inadequate

Expressions; Letters ending with this start with 前略, 冠省, etc.

yours sincerely; yours in haste

grassy; weedy

covered with weeds

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

picture book

pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler

pioneer; founder; originator; groundbreaker

Idiomatic expression

dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

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

Formal or literary term

commoner; humble subject

Historical term

private citizen who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period

Obsolete term

grassy place; bush

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

grass sickle

Suru verb - special class

to draft; to write a rough copy

tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye

overnight stay when traveling (travelling)

sleeping on grass in an open field

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow

thicket; bush; clump of bushes

to complete one's journey

blade of grass

initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset