くさ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くさ – see the following entries.
【草】1
[noun] grass
[noun] a weed
[noun] a herb
[noun] a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops)
[noun] (figurative, slang, rare) pubic hair
[noun] (hanafuda) (usually in hiragana) alternative name of the yaku 草(くさ)短(たん) (kusatan)
[prefix] a fake, a mimic, not the real thing
[prefix] amateur, small-time
[interjection] (Internet slang) LOL
[noun] (Internet slang) "grass", in reference to the expression w (w, “LOL”); LOLs
[phrase] ellipsis of 草(が)生える (kusa (ga) haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious
Alternative spelling
艸
【種】4
[noun] 草: an origin, cause
[noun] a type, class
[counter] counter for number of kinds or types
Alternative spelling
草
(This term, くさ (kusa), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くさ.)

Okinawan

Noun

くさ (kusa) 

  1. grass
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