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 122717 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

干し草

ほしくさ

hay

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

やまくさ

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

干し場

ほしば

drying place

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.