草

Grass

くさ (kusa)

JLPT N4

Interesting Fact

🌿Traditional villages such as Shirakawa-go and Miyama are famous for their beautiful thatched-roof houses, built using layers of dried grasses like susuki (Japanese pampas grass). Surrounded by green mountains in summer and colorful forests in autumn, these villages look like scenes from a storybook. October and November are especially magical, when cool weather and vibrant autumn leaves make the golden grass roofs even more breathtaking.

Memory Trick

The top is plant (艹), and the bottom is early (早). Before flowers bloom and trees fill with leaves, grass is already covering the ground. That's 草, meaning grass.