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    3. 草莽

    草莽

    草そう莽もう

    commoner

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    そうもうそうぼう

    Noun

    1.
    commoner, humble subject
    formal or literary term
    2.
    private citizen who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period
    historical term
    3.
    grassy place, bush
    obsolete term

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    Kanji that make up this word

    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
    莽
    くさ…(2)
    grass・grassy field
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