Keyword
moss
Info
FrequencyTop 2400-2500
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2443
Readings
こけ
(63%)
(33%)
たい
(1%)
ごけ
(1%)
Composed of
blades of grass
pedestal
Used in vocabulary (71 in total)
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
seasoned nori (laver)
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
sphagnum; peat moss; bog moss
moss; bryophyte
bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed); dried nori; dried laver
kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
seasoned nori (laver)
fur (on one's tongue)
funori; glue plant; marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis; funori; glue used as sizing for textiles
seasoned nori (laver)
dried edible seaweed
moss garden
crumbled grilled nori
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)
crumbled grilled nori
a rolling stone gathers no moss
reindeer moss
a rolling stone gathers no moss
gim; kim; Korean nori
round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia); common sundew
Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)
Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)
Petalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)
Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae); egonori
Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)
a rolling stone gathers no moss
bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
hornworts (non-vascular plants of order Anthocerotopsida)
liverworts; hepatics (non-vascular plants of order Marchantiophyta)
Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica); Iceland lichen
Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica); Iceland lichen
first dried nori after the winter
visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival); removal of moss from a tombstone
Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica); Iceland lichen
Thorea okadae (species of red alga)
Thorea okadae (species of red alga)
bryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa)
Porphyra yezoensis (species of edible purple laver)
Grateloupia filicina (species of red alga)
Grateloupia elliptica (species of red alga)
whiteworm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis)
tiny bristle fern (Crepidomanes minutum)
gutweed (Ulva intestinalis); grass kelp
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
Examples (2 in total)
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
Have you ever eaten seaweed?