"草" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: First grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-草-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese first grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 篝火草: cyclamen (kagaribisō) (ruby: (かがり), (), (そう)), 霞草 (kasumisō) (ruby: 霞草(かすみそう)), 鹿の子草: valerian (kanokosō) (ruby: 鹿(), (), (そう)), 甘草: licorice (kanzō) (ruby: 甘草(かんぞう)), 吉草: valerian (kissō) (ruby: 吉草(きっそう)), 纈草: valerian (kessō) (ruby: 纈草(けっそう)), 香草 (kōsō) (ruby: 香草(こうそう)) (english: fragrant herb), 嫩草 (donsō) (ruby: 嫩草(どんそう)) (english: young grass), 波布草 (habusō) (ruby: 波布草(はぶそう)) (english: coffee senna), 菠薐草 (hōrensō) (ruby: 菠薐草(ほうれんそう)) (english: spinach), 薬草 (yakusō) (ruby: 薬草(やくそう)) (english: medicinal herb or plant), 緑草 (ryokusō) (ruby: (りょく), (そう)) (english: lush green grass), 霊草 (reisō) (ruby: 霊草(れいそう)) (english: mysterious or mystical herb or plant), 草書: grass script (sōsho) (ruby: 草書(そうしょ)) (english: cursive writing), 穀草 (kokusō) (ruby: 穀草(こくそう)) (english: cereal, rice grasses), 草原 (sōgen) (ruby: 草原(そうげん)) (english: grassland, meadow)

Interjection

IPA: [kɯ̟̊sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くさ)), kusa [romanization]
Etymology: From the resemblance of multiple repetitions of w (w, “LOL”) to grass: wwwwwwwww. Possibly influenced by the term くすくす (kusukusu), an adverb indicating stifled laughter. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|wwwwwwwww}} wwwwwwwww, {{ja-r|くすくす}} くすくす (kusukusu) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|くさ}} 草(くさ) • (kusa)
  1. (Internet slang) LOL Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-草-ja-intj-bgKQ1i9t Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 3 1 12 1 0 11 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 1 4 9 3 10 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 2 0 13 1 0 13 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 1 4 9 3 10 7 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 20 0 0 1 14 10 0 0 4 7 14 5 15 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 26 0 0 1 12 10 0 0 2 6 13 5 14 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 25 0 0 1 12 10 0 0 2 6 13 5 15 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 21 2 2 2 7 10 0 2 18 3 11 7 8 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 23 1 1 1 12 11 0 1 3 6 13 5 15 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 24 0 0 1 11 10 0 0 2 9 13 5 14 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟̊sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くさ)), kusa [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kusa. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Possibly cognate with Korean 꽃 (kkot, “flower”). The development of the fake, amateur senses is unclear, but probably from an earlier meaning green, referring to the color of the grass. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kusa}} Proto-Japonic *kusa, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{cog|ko|꽃|t=flower|tr=kkot}} Korean 꽃 (kkot, “flower”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くさ}} 草(くさ) • (kusa)
  1. grass Synonyms: 芝生 (english: in reference to a [[lawn]])
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-9sxbCFth
  2. a weed
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-FNNnoFxQ
  3. a herb Synonyms: ハーブ, 薬草 (english: medicinal), 香草 [cooking, food, lifestyle]
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-Ymmzy~Dg
  4. a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops)
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-WsVfFRU1
  5. (figurative, slang, rare) pubic hair Tags: figuratively, rare, slang Categories (lifeform): Plants
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-qUbiziqJ Disambiguation of Plants: 0 18 1 1 2 10 23 0 1 2 6 11 5 13 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 草冠: (kusakanmuri) (ruby: (くさ), (かんむり)) (english: grass crown), 草木: grass(es) and tree - plant (kusaki) (ruby: (くさ), ()), 草薙の剣: Kusanagi no Tsurugi (Kusanaki no Tsurugi) (ruby: (くさ), (なき), (つるぎ)), 駒草: Dicentra peregrina (komakusa) (ruby: (コマ), (クサ)), 七草の節句 (nanakusa no sekku) (ruby: (なな), (くさ), 節句(せっく)) (english: the festival of seven herb), 豚草 (butakusa) (ruby: (ぶた), (くさ)) (english: common ragweed), ぺんぺん草: shepherd's purse (penpengusa) (ruby: (ぐさ)), 鎧草: Angelica dahurica (yoroigusa) (ruby: (よろい), (ぐさ))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [so̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (そう)), [romanization], sau [romanization], さう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/ From Middle Chinese 草 (MC tshawX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=そう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|草}} 草 (MC tshawX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そう|hist=さう}} 草(そう) • (sō) ^(←さう (sau)?)
  1. grass
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-9sxbCFth1
  2. a draft, a rough copy Synonyms (draft): 草案 (sōan) (ruby: 草案(そうあん))
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-3l8iX0VZ Disambiguation of 'draft': 0 100 0 0
  3. cursive, calligraphy in a running hand Synonyms (cursive): 草書 (sōsho, a document), 草仮名 (sōgana, phonetic man'yōgana characters written in cursive)
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-A2TXySwc Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 21 2 2 2 7 10 0 2 18 3 11 7 8 7 Disambiguation of 'cursive': 0 0 94 6
  4. something unofficial, an informal abbreviation or knock-off
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-WINfe2cL Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 4 4 26 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟̊sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くさ)), kusa [romanization]
Etymology: From the resemblance of multiple repetitions of w (w, “LOL”) to grass: wwwwwwwww. Possibly influenced by the term くすくす (kusukusu), an adverb indicating stifled laughter. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|wwwwwwwww}} wwwwwwwww, {{ja-r|くすくす}} くすくす (kusukusu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くさ}} 草(くさ) • (kusa)
  1. (Internet slang) "grass", in reference to the expression w (w, “LOL”); LOLs Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-草-ja-noun-dKZLPgzv Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 21 2 2 2 7 10 0 2 18 3 11 7 8 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Phrase

IPA: [kɯ̟̊sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くさ)), kusa [romanization]
Etymology: From the resemblance of multiple repetitions of w (w, “LOL”) to grass: wwwwwwwww. Possibly influenced by the term くすくす (kusukusu), an adverb indicating stifled laughter. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|wwwwwwwww}} wwwwwwwww, {{ja-r|くすくす}} くすくす (kusukusu) Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|くさ}} 草(くさ) • (kusa)
  1. Ellipsis of 草(が)生える (kusa (ga) haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 草(が)生える (extra: (kusa (ga) haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious) Synonyms: 草生える, 笑える Derived forms: 大草原 (daisōgen) (ruby: 大草原(だいそうげん)) (english: great fields of grass) [literally], 草生える (kusa haeru) (ruby: (くさ), ()) (english: grass grows) [literally], 草不可避 (kusa fukahi) (ruby: (くさ), 不可避(ふかひ)) (english: grass is unavoidable) [literally] Related terms: 大爆笑 (daibakushō) (ruby: 大爆笑(だいばくしょう)), (wara) (ruby: (わら))
    Sense id: en-草-ja-phrase-mhrHwHtJ Categories (other): Japanese ellipses
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

IPA: [kɯ̟̊sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (くさ)), kusa- [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kusa. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Possibly cognate with Korean 꽃 (kkot, “flower”). The development of the fake, amateur senses is unclear, but probably from an earlier meaning green, referring to the color of the grass. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kusa}} Proto-Japonic *kusa, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{cog|ko|꽃|t=flower|tr=kkot}} Korean 꽃 (kkot, “flower”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|くさ}} 草(くさ) • (kusa-)
  1. a fake, a mimic, not the real thing Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-草-ja-prefix-N2qcfi92 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 2 0 13 1 0 13 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 1 4 9 3 10 7
  2. amateur, small-time Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-草-ja-prefix-HJtSaigE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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          "roman": "kagaribisō",
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              "篝",
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          "english": "fragrant herb",
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        {
          "english": "young grass",
          "roman": "donsō",
          "ruby": [
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          "english": "coffee senna",
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          "english": "spinach",
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          "english": "lush green grass",
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          "ruby": [
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              "草",
              "そう"
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          ],
          "word": "緑草"
        },
        {
          "english": "mysterious or mystical herb or plant",
          "roman": "reisō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "霊草",
              "れいそう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "霊草"
        },
        {
          "english": "cursive writing",
          "roman": "sōsho",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "草書",
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          ],
          "word": "草書: grass script"
        },
        {
          "english": "cereal, rice grasses",
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          ],
          "word": "穀草"
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        {
          "english": "grassland, meadow",
          "roman": "sōgen",
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grass crown",
      "roman": "kusakanmuri",
      "ruby": [
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          "草",
          "くさ"
        ],
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          "冠",
          "かんむり"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kusaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
          "くさ"
        ],
        [
          "木",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kusanaki no Tsurugi",
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        [
          "草",
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        [
          "薙",
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          "剣",
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        ]
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      "roman": "komakusa",
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          "草",
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          "草",
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          "せっく"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "butakusa",
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          "english": "to cut grass",
          "roman": "kusa o karu",
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      ],
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      "id": "en-草-ja-noun-9sxbCFth",
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "in reference to a [[lawn]]",
          "word": "芝生"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "a weed"
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      "id": "en-草-ja-noun-FNNnoFxQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "weed",
          "weed"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-草-ja-noun-Ymmzy~Dg",
      "links": [
        [
          "herb",
          "herb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ハーブ"
        },
        {
          "english": "medicinal",
          "word": "薬草"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "cooking",
            "food",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "香草"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "scout",
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        ],
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "0 18 1 1 2 10 23 0 1 2 6 11 5 13 7",
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          "name": "Plants",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pubic hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-草-ja-noun-qUbiziqJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "pubic hair",
          "pubic hair"
        ]
      ],
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
    }
  ],
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    "Man'yōshū",
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  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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      "args": {},
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "kusa-",
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      "args": {
        "1": "prefix",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 2 0 13 1 0 13 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 1 4 9 3 10 7",
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        {
          "english": "a lacewing fly (literally, “fake or mimic dragonfly”, from the visual resemblance)",
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              "草",
              "くさ"
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              "かげろう"
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        "morpheme"
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              "草",
              "くさ"
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              "競",
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      "other": "くさ"
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
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        "1": "ja",
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      "args": {
        "1": "草"
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    {
      "form": "草",
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          "草",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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      "form": "sō",
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        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "さう",
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        "hiragana",
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
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        [
          "draft",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
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              "草案",
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          "_dis": "0 21 2 2 2 7 10 0 2 18 3 11 7 8 7",
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        [
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          "_dis": "0 4 4 26 66",
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        [
          "unofficial",
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        [
          "abbreviation",
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          "knock-off",
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      "other": "そー"
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      "ipa": "[so̞ː]"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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      "expansion": "wwwwwwwww",
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      "args": {
        "1": "くすくす"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the resemblance of multiple repetitions of w (w, “LOL”) to grass: wwwwwwwww.\nPossibly influenced by the term くすくす (kusukusu), an adverb indicating stifled laughter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kusa",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
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          "_dis": "0 25 0 0 1 12 10 0 0 2 6 13 5 15 9",
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          "_dis": "0 21 2 2 2 7 10 0 2 18 3 11 7 8 7",
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          "_dis": "0 23 1 1 1 12 11 0 1 3 6 13 5 15 11",
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      "other": "くさ"
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
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      "args": {
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              "草",
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              "くさ"
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          "roman": "daibakushō",
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          "roman": "wara",
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    {
      "other": "くさ"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
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}
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      "roman": "kagaribisō",
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      "roman": "kasumisō",
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        [
          "霞草",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 草",
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        "1": "くすくす"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the resemblance of multiple repetitions of w (w, “LOL”) to grass: wwwwwwwww.\nPossibly influenced by the term くすくす (kusukusu), an adverb indicating stifled laughter.",
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    {
      "form": "草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
          "くさ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kusa",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese internet slang"
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        "\"grass\", in reference to the expression w (w, “LOL”); LOLs"
      ],
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ],
        [
          "w",
          "w#Japanese"
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          "LOL",
          "LOL"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) \"grass\", in reference to the expression w (w, “LOL”); LOLs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "くさ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
    }
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  "word": "草"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "great fields of grass",
      "roman": "daisōgen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大草原",
          "だいそうげん"
        ]
      ],
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        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "大草原"
    },
    {
      "english": "grass grows",
      "roman": "kusa haeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
          "くさ"
        ],
        [
          "生",
          "は"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "草生える"
    },
    {
      "english": "grass is unavoidable",
      "roman": "kusa fukahi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "草",
          "くさ"
        ],
        [
          "不可避",
          "ふかひ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
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      "word": "草不可避"
    }
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    {
      "form": "草",
      "ruby": [
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          "草",
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        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "kusa",
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        "romanization"
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      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "daibakushō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大爆笑",
          "だいばくしょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大爆笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(kusa (ga) haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious",
          "word": "草(が)生える"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese ellipses",
        "Japanese internet slang",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lol the server's down",
          "roman": "saba ochitete kusa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鯖",
              "さば"
            ],
            [
              "落",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "鯖落ちてて草",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "hilariously shitty",
          "roman": "heta-sugite kusa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "下手",
              "へた"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "下手すぎて草",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "only 4 days left haha",
          "roman": "yokka shika nai no wa kusa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "4日",
              "よっか"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "4日しかないのは草",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it got introduced on YouTube lol",
          "roman": "Tsube de shōkai saretete kusa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "紹介",
              "しょうかい"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "つべで紹介されてて草",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of 草(が)生える (kusa (ga) haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "草(が)生える",
          "草生える#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
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          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "草生える"
        },
        {
          "word": "笑える"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "くさ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "草"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 草 meaning in Japanese (19.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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