Illustration: In the courtyard of a Japanese apartment building, a groundskeeper unrolls the last strip of turf into a rectangular patch of neatly trimmed grass. The curled end reveals a thin layer of soil and intertwined roots beneath the dense blades.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

芝しば

shiba

lawn, turf

Example sentences

母ははは私わたしに芝しばを刈かるように言いった。
Mother told me to mow the lawn.
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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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公園こうえんの芝しばは青あおく美うつくしい。
The grass in the park is green and beautiful.
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Kanji in 芝

芝turf; lawnOnシKunしば

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