Kanji
Readingぐさ
Frequency19%
Used in (77 in total)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
people; populace
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
hay; dry grass
summer grass
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
laughingstock
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
article for pawning
forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
water plant; seaweed; algae
variety of plants; various herbs
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
lovesickness
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)
nodding anemone (Anemone cernua); (arch.) chrysanthemum; (arch.) pine
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva); tawny daylily; tobacco
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
light greenish-blue
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
evening primrose (esp. Chilean evening primrose, Oenothera stricta)
seaweed used in making salt; anthology
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria); nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
Juncaceae (rush family)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
to be in ruins; to be dilapidated; to be desolated
to forfeit a pawned article
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia); sun splurge
spike-eared grass
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)
lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
eyebright (Euphrasia sp.)
bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil
hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum)
red-sepaled evening primrose (Oenothera erythrosepala)
stonecrop (Sedum spp.)
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)
Sedum bulbiferum (species of stonecrop)
Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
Climacium japonicum (species of moss)
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats
Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)
redtop (species of bent grass, Agrostis gigantea)
Sedum rupifragum (species of stonecrop)
needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)
Utricularia bifida (species of bladderwort)
Angelica dahurica (species of angelica)
sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica); common selfheal
Fuji dawn (species of violet, Viola mandshurica)