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    3. 夏草

    夏草

    夏なつ草くさ

    summer grass

    KMT10News #46+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    なつくさ

    Noun

    1.
    summer grass

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    庭にわには夏なつ草くさがたくさん生いえている。

    A lot of summer grass is growing in the garden.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    夏なつ草くさの匂においが、夏なつの訪とずれを感かんじさせる。

    The smell of summer grass makes one feel the arrival of summer.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    手て入いれをしないと、あっという間まに夏なつ草くさが庭にわを覆おおってしまう。

    If you don't maintain it, summer grass will quickly cover the garden.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    廃はい墟きょには夏なつ草くさが生おい茂しげり、昔むかしの面おも影かげはなかった。

    Summer grass grew thick in the ruins, and there was no trace of its former appearance.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    松まつ尾お芭ば蕉しょうの句く「夏なつ草くさや兵へいどもが夢ゆめの跡あと」は有ゆう名めいだ。

    Matsuo Basho's haiku "Summer grass, all that remains of the warriors' dreams" is famous.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    夏
    なつ…(3)
    summer
    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
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