Word Meaning 忘れ草

わすれぐさ wasuregusa

忘れ草 is read as わすれぐさ (wasuregusa) and means tobacco.

Meaning

English

  1. tobacco
  2. orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
  3. tawny daylily

Reading

Kana

わすれぐさ

Romaji

wasuregusa

Writing Variants

  • 萱草 わすれぐさ wasuregusa
  • 忘草 わすれぐさ wasuregusa

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 147922 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忘れな草

わすれなぐさ

forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

忘るな草

わするなぐさ

forget-me-not

勿忘草色

わすれなぐさいろ

forget-me-not blue

忘年会

ぼうねんかい

year-end party

忘れ物

わすれもの

leaving something behind

忘れる

わすれる

to forget

忘れ去る

わすれさる

to forget completely

忘新年会

ぼうしんねんかい

year-end parties (held in December) and New Year parties (held in January)

忘れ形見

わすれがたみ

orphan

忘年

ぼうねん

forgetting one another's age difference

海草

かいそう

seaweed

くさ

ninja