Word details

ほうれん草

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ほうれん草.

Dictionary

Entry

ほうれん草ホウレン草うれんそうホウレンソウ菠薐草NounFreq #33105
1

spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Examples
彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

9 strokesFrequency 967JLPT N2Grade 1

On

ソウ

Kun

くさくさ--ぐさ

Nanori

spinach

12 strokes

On

Kun

ほうれんそう

spinach

17 strokes

On

ロウ

Kun

ほうれんそう

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