The Japanese word for plant is
植物
しょくぶつ - shokubutsu
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 |
| 草 | |
| 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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