Illustration: In a small Japanese household vegetable plot, a gardener crouches beside tidy rows of young spinach and pulls out a sprawling wild plant growing between them. Its branching roots emerge with a clump of soil, clearly separate from the evenly spaced crop.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

雑ざっ草そう

zassou

weed

Example sentences

うちの庭にわは雑草ざっそうだらけだった。
Our garden was full of weeds.
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彼女かのじょは庭にわの雑草ざっそうを抜ぬいた。
She weeded the garden.
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雑草ざっそうを抜ぬくなら、根ねっこから。
If you’re going to pull weeds, pull them out by the roots.
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Kanji in 雑草

雑miscellaneousOnザツ・ゾウKunまじえる・まじる
草grass; weedsOnソウKunくさ・くさ-

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