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The Japanese word for plant is
植物

しょくぶつ - shokubutsu



plant

Japanese Definition


plant
     1. 名詞. 植物
     2. 名詞. 工場、プラント
     3. 動詞. 植える



Translations for plant and their definitions

植える
     1. v. to plant, raise
     2. v. to implant, insert
     3. v. to inoculate
     4. v. to instill (an ideology, value, etc.)


植物
     1. n. plant; vegetation
     2. n. Usage: The Chinese-derived reading shokubutsu is more common.


草木
     1. n. vegetation; plants


     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


草花
     1. n. a flowering plant
     2. n. a flower


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