Japanese word senses marked with lifeform category "Grasses"
Parent categories: Commelinids, Plants, Lifeforms, Life, Nature
Subcategories: Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Bamboos, Cynodonteae tribe grasses, Grains, Hordeeae tribe grasses, Oryzeae tribe grasses, Paniceae tribe grasses, Poeae tribe grasses
Total 107 word senses
- 亀甲竹 (Noun) tortoise shell bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)
- 刈安 (Noun) Miscanthus tinctorius
- 力芝 (Noun) Chinese fountaingrass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
- 呉竹 (Noun) alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)
- 呉竹 (Noun) alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)
- 唐人稗 (Noun) pearl millet, Cenchrus americanus
- 唐竹 (Noun) a species of bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik)
- 四方竹 (Noun) square bamboo (Chimonobambusa quadrangularis)
- 大豆 (Noun) soybean, soya
- 大麦 (Noun) barley
- 女竹 (Noun) Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.
- 孟宗竹 (Noun) moso bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens
- 寒竹 (Noun) marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
- 小判草 (Noun) rattlesnake grass, Briza maxima
- 小麦 (Noun) wheat
- 尾花 (Noun) Synonym of 薄 (susuki, “susuki grass, Miscanthus sinensis”)
- 山羊麦 (Noun) jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica)
- 数珠玉 (Noun) Job's tears, Coix lacryma-jobi var. lacryma-jobi
- 暖竹 (Noun) giant reed (Arundo donax)
- 業平竹 (Noun) a species of bamboo (Semiarundinaria fastuosa)
- 油薄 (Noun) a species of grass (Spodiopogon cotulifer)
- 海草 (Noun) seagrass
- 淡竹 (Noun) Henon bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis
- 瀬戸茅 (Noun) Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
- 烏麦 (Noun) common wild oat (Avena fatua)
- 無洗米 (Noun) no-wash rice; pre-washed rice
- 熊笹 (Noun) bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)
- 燕麦 (Noun) oats (Avena sativa)
- 狗尾草 (Noun) Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)
- 猫じゃらし (Noun) Synonym of 狗尾草 (enokorogusa, “wild foxtail millet”)
- 玄米 (Noun) brown rice
- 玉蜀黍 (Noun) maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
- 甘蔗 (Noun) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane
- 甘蔗 (Noun) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane
- 異性化糖 (Noun) high fructose corn syrup
- 真竹 (Noun) timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
- 真菰 (Noun) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
- 矢竹 (Noun) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
- 砂糖黍 (Noun) sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)
- 神楽笹 (Noun) Synonym of 唐竹蘭 (tōchikuran, “Disporum cantoniense, a species of fairy bell”)
- 禾穀 (Noun) grains
- 稗 (Noun) Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta)
- 竹 (Character) bamboo
- 竹 (Noun) bamboo
- 竹 (Noun) a wind instrument made using bamboo
- 竹 (Noun) a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) consisting of a bird on a bamboo tree and various bamboo rings
- 竹 (Noun) a maidservant (due to being used as the stock name for a maidservant in novels of the early modern era)
- 笹 (Noun) bamboo grass
- 米 (Character) United States
- 米穀 (Noun) rice
- 粟 (Noun) foxtail millet
- 糟糠 (Noun) sake lees and rice bran
- 糯 (Noun) grains which are highly sticky when cooked due to containing little or no amylose
- 糯米 (Noun) glutinous rice, a variety of Oryza sativa low in amylose
- 細野毛麦 (Noun) foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum
- 細麦 (Noun) winter ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- 舎利 (Noun) white rice grains; rice
- 茅 (Noun) cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
- 荻 (Character) Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
- 荻 (Character) reed, cane
- 荻 (Noun) Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
- 蓬莱竹 (Noun) hedge bamboo, Bambusa multiplex
- 薏苡 (Noun) Synonym of 数珠玉 (juzudama, “Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)”)
- 薏苡 (Noun) Synonym of 鳩麦 (hatomugi, “an edible variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen”)
- 虎の尾 (Noun) Synonym of 天南星 (tennanshō, “plants of genus Arisaema”)
- 行儀芝 (Noun) Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
- 裸麦 (Noun) naked barley, Hordeum vulgare var. nudum
- 足掻き (Noun) struggling, flailing about
- 野芝 (Noun) Zoysia turf
- 阿亀笹 (Noun) ruscus bamboo (Shibataea kumasaca)
- 隈笹 (Noun) a species of bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)
- 雀の槍 (Noun) Luzula capitata, a species of woodrush
- 雄日芝 (Noun) Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
- 雌日芝 (Noun) southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
- 風草 (Noun) a species of lovegrass (Eragrostis ferruginea)
- 食糧 (Noun) food, dietary provisions
- 食糧 (Noun) provisions of rice or wheat on a military campaign
- 飯粒 (Noun) grain of cooked rice
- 飯粒 (Noun) something that is difficult to part with; something that gets in the way
- 飯粒 (Noun) grain of cooked rice
- 飯粒 (Noun) grain of cooked rice
- 飯粒 (Noun) grain of cooked rice
- 高粱 (Noun) Alternative form of コーリャン (kōryan, “kaoliang”)
- 高麗 (Proper name) a county in Saitama Prefecture (originally settled in the mid-600s CE by immigrants from the Korean Peninsula; abolished as an administrative entity in 1896)
- 髢草 (Noun) Elymus tsukushiensis
- 鳩麦 (Noun) a variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen)
- 鴨嘴 (Noun) Ischaemum aristatum var. glaucum, a kind of smutgrass or batiki bluegrass
- 鴨茅 (Noun) orchard grass, Dactylis glomerata
- 黍 (Noun) common or proso millet, Panicum miliaceum
- 黍 (Noun) Synonym of 蜀黍 (morokoshi): sorghum
- 黍 (Noun) Synonym of 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): corn, maize
- 黍 (Noun) the common or proso millet, Panicum miliaceum
- 黍 (Noun) Synonym of 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): corn, maize
- 黒竹 (Noun) black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
- 黒麦 (Noun) rye
- うるち (Noun) non-glutinous rice
- こめぬか (Noun) Synonym of ぬか (nuka, “rice bran”)
- すすき (Noun) susuki grass, Japanese pampas grass
- ぬか (Noun) kowtowing
- ほしい (Noun) dried rice (after already being cooked once)
- アメリカンドッグ (Noun) corndog
- キヌア (Noun) quinoa
- コーングリッツ (Noun) grits
- コーンシロップ (Noun) corn syrup
- スイートコーン (Noun) sweet corn
- ヤングコーン (Noun) baby corn
- レモングラス (Noun) lemongrass
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