草そう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness
2. one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man)
Counter
3. counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
also written as 草
Kanji used
grass
Pitch accent
そ
う
Used in vocabulary (177 in total)
medicinal herb
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
plants; vegetation
herb; fragrant grass
grassland; meadow
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
poisonous plant
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
fourwing evening primrose (Oenothera tetraptera); fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta); large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
notes; draft; manuscript
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
pasture; grass
thatched hut
miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
primrose; Siebold's primrose (Primula sieboldii); cherry blossom primrose; Japanese woodland primrose
perennial plant
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
Roger's bronze leaf
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode
thatched hut
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
annual; annual plant
herbivorous; graminivorous
Aleutian ragwort (Senecio cannabifolius)
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
herbaceous plant; herb
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
campanula; bellflower
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)
grass roots
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)
marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso
Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)
herbal medicine
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
mignonette (Reseda odorata)
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
biennial; biennial plant
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea); rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
soft windflower (Anemone flaccida)
campanula; bellflower
Trillium smallii (species of trillium)
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
hurried; hasty; busy; precipitate; sudden; abrupt
sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
running and cursive scripts
lace-leaf plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis, Aponogeton madagascariensis); lattice-leaf plant
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
Japanese Gynura (Gynura Japonica)
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
Japanese Gynura (Gynura Japonica)
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
silvermound (Artemisia schmidtiana); asagiriso
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
thatched hut
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
shield sundew (Drosera peltata); pale sundew
Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis); carpet box; Japanese spurge
Aconitum loczyanum (monkshood species)
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
houseleek (any plant species of genus Sempervivum)
geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)
coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
Sanguisorba hakusanensis
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula); Venus's flytrap
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); golden poppy
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso; poppy anenome
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
common thyme (Thymus vulgaris); garden thyme
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf
East Asian sage (Salvia japonica)
coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica)
Eranthis pinnatifida
bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major); greater periwinkle
hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum zeylanicum)
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
Lathyrus quinquenervius (species of vetchling)
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
Parnassia foliosa (species of flowering herb)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
bastard lupine (Trifolium lupinaster); lupine clover; hop clover; trefoil
Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)
weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
shinleaf (Pyrola japonica)
shinleaf (Pyrola japonica)
Pinguicula ramosa (butterwort species)
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
great St. Johns wort (Hypericum ascyron); giant St. John's wort
trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata); blue mist shrub
Mexican fireplant (Euphorbia heterophylla); painted euphorbia; Japanese poinsettia
Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
pogonia (Pogonia japonica)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops
pogonia (Pogonia japonica)
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
Mexican fireplant (Euphorbia heterophylla); painted euphorbia; Japanese poinsettia
Veratrum maackii (species of false hellebore)
Arabis flagellosa (species of rockcress)
trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing
cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric