Kanji枯
Readingこ
Frequency20%
Used in (20 in total)
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
withering; dying
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
elegant simplicity
remaining bones after decay of a corpse; a person's weathered bones; dead person; the deceased
vicissitudes; ups and downs
hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus
withered trees and frozen rocks; (fig.) a person that is hard to approach
completely drying up
old-fashioned and tasteful
withering; dying (plants); growing skinny; wasting away
dried persimmon
withered trees and cold ash; (fig.) someone who is detached and free of desires; (fig.) someone who has no vitality
to be emaciated; to become gaunt; to waste away
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
drying up; parching