Illustration: In the narrow garden beside a Japanese house, a man kneels with long grass shears held just above the soil. The blades close across a tuft of tall grass, and fresh clippings fall beside an already trimmed strip.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

刈かる

karu

to cut, to mow, to shear

Used for grass, hair and wool. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

祖母そぼは庭にわで草くさを刈かっている。
Grandmother mows the grass in the garden.
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芝しばは刈かる必要ひつようがある。
The grass needs cutting.
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彼かれは羊ひつじの毛けを刈かった。
He clipped the sheep.
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Kanji in 刈

刈reap; cutOnガイ・カイKunかる

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