"花草" meaning in Japanese

See 花草 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 花草 [canonical] (ruby: (はな), (くさ)), Hanakusa [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|花|はな|草|くさ|sort=はなくさ|t1=flower|t2=grass}} 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|はなくさ}} 花(はな)草(くさ) • (Hanakusa)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-花草-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Noun

Forms: 花草 [canonical] (ruby: (はな), (くさ)), 花草 [canonical] (ruby: 花草(ハナクサ)), hanakusa [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|花|はな|草|くさ|sort=はなくさ|t1=flower|t2=grass}} 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|はなくさ|ハナクサ}} 花(はな)草(くさ) or 花草(ハナクサ) • (hanakusa)
  1. Synonym of 母子草 (hahakogusa): Jersey cudweed (Pseudognaphalium affine, syn. Gnaphalium affine) Synonyms: 母子草 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-花草-ja-noun-Uia7sQY0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 4 2 5 14 8 25 23 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 1 4 11 6 27 20 23
  2. Synonym of 蓬, 艾 (yomogi): Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps) Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of], [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-花草-ja-noun-YZSux~do Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 4 2 5 14 8 25 23 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 1 4 11 6 27 20 23 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 19 62 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 15 69 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 16 67 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 6 6 83 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 16 67 12
  3. Synonym of 蓮華草 (rengesō): Chinese milkvetch (Astragalus sinicus) Synonyms: 蓮華草 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-花草-ja-noun-zXm6GVZt Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 4 2 5 14 8 25 23 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 1 4 11 6 27 20 23
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Download raw JSONL data for 花草 meaning in Japanese (3.8kB)

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