雑草

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雑 草
ざつ > ざっ
Grade: 5		 そう
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雜草 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ざっそー [zàssóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠sːo̞ː]

Noun

雑(ざっ)草(そう) • (zassō) ←ざつさう (zatusau)?

  1. weeds (unwanted plants)
    庭(にわ)の雑(ざっ)草(そう)を抜(ぬ)く
    niwa no zassō o nuku
    to weed the garden
    • 1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “虫(むし)は虫(むし)、草(くさ)は草(くさ)の巻(まき)”, in 虹色とうがらし(ＮＩＪＩ－ＩＲＯ　ＴＯＨＧＡＲＡＳＨＩ), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 48:
      虫(むし)は虫(むし)、草(くさ)は草(くさ)だろ。
      Mushi wa mushi, kusa wa kusa daro.
      Insects are only insects, grasses are only grasses.
      え。
      E.
      Huh?
      害(がい)虫(ちゅう)も雑(ざっ)草(そう)も人(にん)間(げん)の勝(かっ)手(て)な都(つ)合(ごう)で分(ぶん)類(るい)されたもんだろ。
      Gaichū mo zassō mo ningen no katte na tsugō de bunruisareta mon daro.
      Putting them into categories like pests or weeds is just one of people’s arbitrary means.
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