Illustration: On a neighborhood riverbank, a dense patch of tall grass rises beside a closely mown walking path. A small dog has stepped into the clump after a ball and nearly disappeared; only its ears, curved tail, and the end of its leash remain above and between the stems.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

草くさむら

kusamura

patch of tall grass

Example sentences

  1. 定九郎さだくろうは草くさむらに隠かくれる。

    Sadakuro hides himself in the weeds.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 餅屋もちやの者ものは怪あやしく思おもい、こっそり女おんなの服ふくのすそに赤あかい糸いとを縫ぬいつけ、彼女かのじょが帰かえったあとその糸いとをたどってゆくと、糸いとは草くさむらの墓はかの上うえにかかっていた。

    The storekeeper feels suspicious about her, and sews a red thread on the bottom edge of her dress, tracing the thread after she has left, and finds it hung over a grave in a clump of grass.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 草くさむらでガサガサと音おとがしたと思おもったら、猫ねこが飛とび出だしてきた。

    I heard a rustling in the tall grass, and then a cat jumped out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 草

  • 草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-

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