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The Japanese word for grass is

くさ - kusa



grass

Japanese Definition


grass
     1. 名詞. 草。
     2. 名詞. 芝。
     3. 名詞. 牧草。
     4. 名詞. 草地。
     5. 名詞. 牧草地。
     6. 名詞. 芝生。
     7. 名詞. (隠語)マリファナ。
     8. 名詞. (俗語)密告者。
     9. 動詞. 草を食べさせる。
     10. 動詞. 草で覆う。
     11. 動詞. 警察に密告する。



Translations for grass and their definitions

     1. n. grass
           (synonyms, ja, 芝生, tr1=shibafu, q1=in reference to a lawn)
           草を刈る - to cut grass
     2. n. a weed
     3. n. a herb
           (synonyms, ja, ハーブ, tr1=hābu, 薬草, tr2=yakusō, q2=medicinal, 香草, tr3=kōsō, q3=cooking)
     4. n. a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops)
     5. n. (metaphor slang) pubic hair
     6. prefix. a fake, a mimic, not the real thing
           草蜉蝣 - a lacewing fly (literally, “fake or mimic dragonfly”, from the visual resemblance)
     7. prefix. amateur, small-time
           草野球、草競馬 - amateur or pick-up baseball, small-time horse-racing
     8. n. grass
     9. n. a draft, a rough copy
     10. n. cursive, calligraphy in a running hand
     11. n. something unofficial, an informal abbreviation or knock-off
     12. n. (Internet slang) "grass", in reference to the expression w; LOLs
     13. n. ====Phrase====
     14. n. (ellipsis of ja, 草生える, tr=kusa haeru): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious
           (synonyms, ja, 草生える, tr1=kusa haeru, 笑える, tr2=waraeru)
           鯖%落ちてて草 - lol the server's down
           下手すぎて草 - hilariously shitty
           4日しかないのは草 - only 4 days left haha


雑草
     1. n. weeds (unwanted plants)
           庭の雑草を抜く - to weed the garden


芝生
     1. n. grass, a lawn


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