Kanji草
Readingぐさ
Frequency20%
Used in (83 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
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
laughingstock
article for pawning
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)
water plant; seaweed; algae
fodder (for horses or cows); hay; feed
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
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva); tawny daylily; tobacco
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
light greenish-blue
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
lawn marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides)
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
evening primrose; fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta)
seaweed used in making salt; anthology
plume poppy (Macleaya cordata); tree celandine
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)
manger; crib; trough
spike-eared grass
wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia); sun splurge
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
Trigonotis peduncularis (species of wild herb)
Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis); carpet box; Japanese spurge
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)
large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
smooth tare (Vicia tetrasperma); smooth vetch; lentil vetch
cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)
Sedum bulbiferum (species of stonecrop)
Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
Climacium japonicum (species of moss)
stonecrop (Sedum spp.)
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats
redtop (species of bent grass, Agrostis gigantea)
Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)
Sedum rupifragum (species of stonecrop)
needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)
Utricularia bifida (species of bladderwort)
Angelica dahurica (species of angelica)
sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
Desmarestia tabacoides (species of algae)
common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica); common selfheal
Fuji dawn (species of violet, Viola mandshurica)