noun:

• Asian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis); Indian rice frog; cricket frog

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb ➜ 隣の芝生は青い

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb

noun:

• hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus

noun:

• four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)

noun:

• galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
• nut grass (Cyperus rotundus) ［しゃそう］ ➜ 浜菅

noun:

• mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant
• Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves) ［やまくさ・やまぐさ］ ➜ 裏白

noun:

• a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place) - four character idiom

noun:

• Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); annual ryegrass; Australian ryegrass; short rotation ryegrass; Westerwolds ryegrass; darnel

noun:

• woodland draba (Draba nemorosa); woodland whitlow-grass

noun:

• bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• rustling of leaves; rustling of grass

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent
• to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
• to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

noun:

• third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
• thick growth (of grass, etc.) ［いやおい］ - archaism
• Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)

noun:

• glass fiber ski; glass fibre ski
• grass ski

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
• characters written in a way inspired from that style

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)