草地 Meadow

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

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

Common Word Combinations

• 草地に〜

  草地にいる

  to be in a meadow

  草地に生える

  to grow in a meadow

  草地にある

  to be in a meadow

• 草地が〜

  草地がある

  there is a meadow

  草地が見える

  can see a meadow

  草地がない

  there's no 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

1. 草

   くさ Grass
2. 地

   ち Earth