Word Meaning 蔓草

つるくさ tsurukusa

蔓草 is read as つるくさ (tsurukusa) and means vine.

Meaning

English

  1. vine
  2. creeper

Reading

Kana

つるくさ

Romaji

tsurukusa

Writing Variants

  • つる草 つるくさ tsurukusa

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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草杉蔓

くさすぎかずら

Chinese asparagus (Asparagus cochinchinensis)

蔓延

まんえん

spread (e.g. of a disease)

蔓延る

はびこる

to become overgrown

海草

かいそう

seaweed

くさ

ninja

雑草

ざっそう

weed

野草

やそう

wild grasses

水草

みずくさ

water plant

煙草

えんそう

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

煙草

たばこ

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

八千草

やちぐさ

variety of plants

下草

したくさ

undergrowth

Example Sentences

1

あきちにはつるくさがのびほうだいだった。

Vines were growing wildly out of control on the vacant lot.