Illustration: On a grassy riverbank beside a Japanese residential district, a child sits on a picnic mat while a pet rabbit on a harness nibbles the surrounding blades. The grass forms a continuous soft covering over the slope, with individual narrow leaves clearly visible near the child’s knees.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

草くさ

kusa

grass

Example sentences

牛うしが草くさを食たべている。
The cows are eating grass.
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羊ひつじは草くさを食たべる。
Sheep feed on grass.
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彼かれは草くさの上うえに横よこになった。
He lay down on the grass.
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Kanji in 草

草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-

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