草（くさ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: grass
Example sentences
- 公園の緑の草の上に座った。 — I sat on the green grass in the park.
- 週末に庭の草を取った。 — I pulled the weeds in the garden over the weekend.
Idioms & proverbs containing “草”
- 三遍回って煙草にしょ (さんべんまわってタバコにしょ) — measure twice and cut once; don't slack off until the job's done properly; go around three times before you take a smoke
- 草根木皮 (そうこんもくひ) — roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine
- 山川草木 (さんせんそうもく) — nature; natural scenery
- 一木一草 (いちぼくいっそう) — a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
- 魯魚章草 (ろぎょしょうそう) — miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
- 打草驚蛇 (だそうきょうだ) — prodding the unknown may bring about unnecessary trouble; brushing a patch of grass may startle a snake
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