Illustration: On the open grasslands of the Aso uplands, rolling slopes are covered continuously with wind-rippled grasses. The broad terrain extends toward distant ridges with almost no trees interrupting it. A narrow walking track crosses the grass, where two hikers have paused beside their small daypacks.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

草そう原げん

sougen

prairie, grassland

Example sentences

  1. 大だい草原そうげんには木きが生はえない。

    Trees do not grow on prairies.

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  2. ローラ・インガルスは、大だい草原そうげんで育そだった。

    Laura Ingalls grew up on the prairie.

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  3. 大だい草原そうげんでは草以外何くさいがいなにも見みえなかった。

    Nothing but grass was to be seen in the prairie.

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Kanji in 草原

  • 草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-
  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら

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