Kanji
Readingそう
Frequency34%
Used in (229 in total)
medicinal herb
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
plants; vegetation
flower; flowering plant
herb; fragrant grass
grassland; meadow
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
poisonous plant
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
notes; draft; manuscript
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
pasture; grass
pasture; grassland; meadow
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
thatched hut
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
green grass
hay; dry grass
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
commoner; patriot; humble subject; late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid-18th century to mid-19th century)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens); Siebold's primrose (Primula siebold)
perennial plant
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
nature; natural scenery
to draft; to write a rough copy
wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically)
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
Roger's bronze leaf
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); grass crown
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode
beginning; inauguration
thatched hut
common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
herbivorous; graminivorous
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
green grass; verdure
Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds; die hard spirit
hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus
herbaceous plant; herb
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
campanula; bellflower
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine
wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)
grass roots
Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
fragrant herb
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria); nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso
Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
herbaceous peat
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)
large-flowered cypripedium (species of lady's slipper, Cypripedium macranthos, esp. Cypripedium macranthos var. speciosum)
herbal medicine
sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
cursive form of man'yōgana; man'yōgana written in sōsho style
fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea); rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
salvia (sage family)
Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
soft windflower; Anemone Flaccida
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
cutting grass for fodder or compost; seaweed collecting
Trillium smallii (species of trillium)
marsh grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
sudden; hurried; busy; precipitate; abrupt
liquorice; licorice
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
running and cursive scripts
lace-leaf plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis, Aponogeton madagascariensis); lattice-leaf plant
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
printed, semi-cursive, and cursive styles of writing Chinese characters; three-category system in traditional disciplines: basic, halfway, and transformed
Guttiferales (plant order)
floral zone; herb zone
rough draft of a book; draft-manuscript book; dummy comic book
Hypericum (plant genus including St. John's worts)
Clusiaceae (family of plants including St. John's worts and mangosteens); Guttiferae
rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut
crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja
herbicide resistance; herbicide resistant
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
silvermound aretemisia
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
(arch.) private diary; (arch.) pillow book; book of erotic pictures
posthumous works
thatched hut
weed suppression (by mulching, etc.)
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
grass feeding (livestock)
grass jelly (jelly-like Asian dessert)
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
shield sundew (Drosera peltata); pale sundew
Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
houseleek (any plant species of genus Sempervivum)
geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)
Sanguisorba hakusanensis
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); golden poppy
eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso; poppy anenome
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
Scutellaria indica (species of skullcap)
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
Eranthis pinnatifida
giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla); late goldenrod
cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower
passion fruit (Passiflora edulis); passionfruit
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
Lathyrus quinquenervius (species of vetchling)
sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata)
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf
chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
Oxytropis megalantha (species of locoweed)
weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)
Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)
bastard lupine (Trifolium lupinaster); lupine clover; hop clover; trefoil
Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley
Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)
Japanese canopy plant (Paris japonica)
Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
pogonia (Pogonia japonica) (species of orchid)
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
Mexican fireplant (species of poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla)
Arabis flagellosa (species of rockcress)
mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing
cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric