Word details

麦わら

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 麦わら.

Dictionary

Entry

麦わら麦藁麦稈ぎわらっかん (麦稈)NounFreq #57581
1

wheat straw; barley straw

Examples
ボールを丸く、そして堅くするために麦わらをいっぱいに詰め込んでいました。
They filled them with straw to make them round and hard.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

barley, wheat

7 strokesFrequency 1,615JLPT N2Grade 2

On

バク

Kun

むぎ

straw

17 strokesFrequency 2,488Grade 9

On

コウ

Kun

わら

straw, hollow stem

12 strokes

On

カン

Kun

わら

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