Word Meaning 七草

ななくさ nanakusa

七草 is read as ななくさ (nanakusa) and means the seven spring flowers.

Meaning

English

the seven spring flowers
the seven fall flowers
the seven autumn flowers
the seventh of January
Festival of Seven Herbs

Reading

Kana

ななくさ

Romaji

nanakusa

Writing Variants

七種ななくさ nanakusa

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 20874 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

春の七草

はるのななくさ

seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)

秋の七草

あきのななくさ

seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)

七面鳥

しちめんちょう

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

七福神

しちふくじん

Seven Gods of Fortune

七不思議

ななふしぎ

seven wonders (of a particular area)

七対子

ちーといつ

seven pairs

七五調

しちごちょう

seven-and-five-syllable meter

七公三民

しちこうさんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

七化け

ななばけ

dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times

七生報国

しちしょうほうこく

unfailing devotion to one's country

七事式

しちじしき

seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

七面体

しちめんたい

heptahedron

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