Meaning

Primary

Meadow

Alternative

Grassland

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Grass covering the earth is a meadow. Or, if you're less creative, it's grassland.

Reading

くさち
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is a combination of kun'yomi and on'yomi readings. That being said, both readings for both kanji are the readings you learned with the kanji so you should be able to read this.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 草地にある

    to be in a meadow

    草地に生える

    to grow in a meadow

    草地にいる

    to be in a meadow

Context Sentences

草地の上に大きな木があった。

There was a large tree on the grassland.

アイルランドにはたくさんの草地があります。

Ireland has many grasslands.

どこか草地でピクニックしませんか?

Would you like to picnic on the grassland somewhere?

Kanji Composition