くさ

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of くさ – see the following entries.
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[noun] grass
[noun] a weed
[noun] a herb
[noun] a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops)
[noun] (figurative, slang, rare) pubic hair
[prefix] a fake, a mimic, not the real thing
[prefix] amateur, small-time
[interjection] (Internet slang) LOL
[noun] (Internet slang) "grass", in reference to the expression w (w, LOL); LOLs
[phrase] Ellipsis of 草(が)生える (kusa (ga) haeru, literally grass grows): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious
Alternative spelling
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[noun] an origin, cause
[noun] a type, class
[counter] counter for number of kinds or types
(This term, くさ (kusa), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くさ.)

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くさ (kusa

  1. grass