Illustration: A resident opens the sliding door onto a small courtyard after a rainy week and finds vegetation pressing into every available space. Grasses brush the stepping stones, fern fronds spread beneath shrubs, and a young tree stretches leafy branches over the washing pole.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

草くさ木き

kusaki

plants, vegetation

Also read そうもく, mainly in formal contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 草木くさきの周まわりを蝶々ちょうちょうがたくさん飛とんでいる。

    Lots of butterflies are flying around the plants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 雨あめが降ふらなかったせいで草木くさきが枯かれてしまった。

    Absence of rain caused the plants to die.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 慈雨じうがあれば草木くさきは生いき返かえるでしょう。

    The plants will revive after a good rain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 草木

  • 草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-
  • 木tree; woodOnボク・モクKunき・こ-

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