Kanji
Readingくさ
Frequency44%
Used in (141 in total)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
plants; vegetation
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
flower; flowering plant
grassland; meadow
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
loitering on the way; wayside grass
people; populace
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
green grass; young (fresh) grass
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
bright green; chartreuse green
vine; creeper
hay; dry grass
grass-lot baseball
blades of grass
mowing; mower
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
summer grass
plants which flower in autumn (fall)
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
green grass
Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)
grassy; weedy
lawn; sod; turf
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
arabesque; scrollwork
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
covered with weeds
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder; originator
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye
rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
overnight stay when traveling (travelling); sleeping on grass in an open field
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); grass crown
white Dutch clover
blade of grass
dyeing with vegetable dyes
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover
weed cutter; grass cutter; brush cutter; lawn mower
thatched hut
thatched roof
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
thatching; thatch; thatched roof
amateur sumo wrestling
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
variety of plants; various herbs
rice plant's height
flower market during Obon; fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)
Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
amateur race; unofficial race
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed); dried nori; dried laver
to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
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trees and grass; vegetation
pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum)
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
hay-meadow commons; place (or organization, etc.) from which numerous people hope to benefit
local horse race
autumn; fall; withering of the grass
picking herbs and wildflowers
to search every square inch; to search high and low
cat grass (often Avena sativa); catgrass
to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; (lit.) even the plants yield
short plants for flower arrangements
Metaplexis japonica
scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail
patch of plants or shrubs (e.g. on a steep rocky surface)
I can't help but laugh; I have to laugh at this
arabesque; scrollwork
Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (January 7); one of the 5 seasonal festivals
Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle; stink bug; shield bug
dicentra (Dicentra peregrina)
love grass (Eragrostis ferruginea); bay grass
lucky grass
Japanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)
grass-blade patterns in crystal
Jesuit publications (16th-17th century)
grassroots network
last year's grass; dead grass
shitcoin (cryptocurrency with little to no value)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reed mace
grass sickle
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes
ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)
Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis)
ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); centella; gotu kola; Indian pennywort
tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); cow vetch
grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles)
Rubus hirsutus (species of raspberry)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
Asian watermeal (Wolffia globosa)
common duckweed (Lemna minor); lesser duckweed
Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
gibbous duckweed (Lemna gibba); swollen duckweed; fat duckweed
dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica); (Japanese) flowering quince; Maule's quince; japonica
Gelidium japonicum (species of seaweed)
hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre); low hop clover
lesser hop trefoil (Trifolium dubium); suckling clover
Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
Agelena limbata (species of araneomorph funnel-web spider)
Chinese asparagus (Asparagus cochinchinensis)
the people; the public; citizenry
grass mixed with mud to construct walls; Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.)
Kusatsu Station (Shiga)
Kusano Station (Hyōgo)