Word Meaning 勁草

けいそう keisou

勁草 is read as けいそう (keisou) and means wind-resistant blade of grass.

Meaning

English

  1. wind-resistant blade of grass
  2. resistant idea (metaphorically)

Reading

Kana

けいそう

Romaji

keisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 1級 Rank 121406 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

勁卒

けいそつ

excellent soldier

芝草

しばくさ

lawn

牧草

ぼくそう

pasture

唐草

からくさ

arabesque pattern

虞美人草

ぐびじんそう

common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

節分草

せつぶんそう

Eranthis pinnatifida

金梅草

きんばいそう

Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)

仙人草

せんにんそう

sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)

車葉衝羽根草

くるまばつくばねそう

Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)

大麻草

たいまそう

hemp

州浜草

すはまそう

hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata)

雄之万年草

おのまんねんぐさ

needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)

Example Sentences

1

しっぷうにけいそうをしる

in a gale, we know the strong grass.