そう
Meanings
Noun
1. draft; rough copy
2. highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Kanji used
grass
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (151 in total)
medicinal herb
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
plants; vegetation
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
notes; draft; manuscript
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
pasture; grass
thatched hut
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
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
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
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
Roger's bronze leaf
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode
thatched hut
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)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
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)
wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)
grass roots
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso
Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)
herbal medicine
sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)
mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea); rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
soft windflower; Anemone Flaccida
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
campanula; bellflower
Trillium smallii (species of trillium)
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
sudden; hurried; busy; precipitate; abrupt
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)
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
silvermound aretemisia
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
thatched hut
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
shield sundew (Drosera peltata); pale sundew
Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
houseleek (any plant species of genus Sempervivum)
geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)
Sanguisorba hakusanensis
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); golden poppy
eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso; poppy anenome
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
Eranthis pinnatifida
cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
Lathyrus quinquenervius (species of vetchling)
pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf
chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
bastard lupine (Trifolium lupinaster); lupine clover; hop clover; trefoil
Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
pogonia (Pogonia japonica) (species of orchid)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops
pogonia (Pogonia japonica) (species of orchid)
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
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