Word Meaning 干し草の山

ほしくさのやま hoshikusa no yama

干し草の山 is read as ほしくさのやま (hoshikusa no yama) and means haystack.

Meaning

English

haystack
hay bale

Reading

Kana

ほしくさのやま

Romaji

hoshikusa no yama

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 121329 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

深山小米草

みやまこごめぐさ

Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)

山川草木

さんせんそうもく

nature

山野草

さんやそう

wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

山草

やまぐさ

Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)

干す

ほす

to deprive of a role, job, etc.

干支

えと

12-year Chinese zodiac

干満

かんまん

ebb and flow

干る

ひる

to dry (up)

干上がる

ひあがる

to dry up

干物女

ひものおんな

young woman who has given up on love

干し首

ほしくび

shrunken head

鉱山

こうざん

mine (ore)

Example Sentences

それは干し草の山の中から針を探し出そうとするようなものだ。

It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.