Moto 芝: Turf; LawnKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- しば
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 64 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シ)
- 芝蘭しらんreishi mushroom and thoroughwort; fragrant plants
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 芝しばlawn; sod
- 芝居しばいplay; drama
- 紙芝居かみしばいkamishibai; storytelling with pictures
- 芝居小屋しばいごやplayhouse; theatre
- 芝草しばくさlawn; sod
- 一人芝居ひとりしばいone-person show; one-woman show
- 一芝居ひとしばいtrick; act
- 人工芝じんこうしばartificial grass (lawn)
- 人形芝居にんぎょうしばいpuppet show
- 伽芝居とぎしばいfairy play; pantomime
- 冬芝ふゆしばlawn grass for cold areas
- 力芝ちからしばChinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
- 地芝居じしばいcommunity performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
- 夏芝居なつしばいsummer play
- 大芝居おおしばいlarge-scale play; play with an A-list cast
- 女日芝めひしばsouthern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
- 小芝居こしばいsmall theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre
- 平芝ひらしばsod
- 操り芝居あやつりしばいpuppet show
- 村芝居むらしばいplay put on in a village; play put on by villagers
- 歌舞伎芝居かぶきしばいkabuki play
- 独り芝居ひとりしばいone-person show; one-woman show
- 猿芝居さるしばいmonkey show
- 緞帳芝居どんちょうしばいlow-class kabuki theater; low-class play
- 芝えびしばえびshiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
- 芝刈りしばかりlawn mowing
- 芝刈り器しばかりきlawnmower
- 芝刈り機しばかりきlawnmower
- 芝地しばちgrass plot
- 芝居がかるしばいがかるto be affected; to be theatrical
- 芝居っ気しばいっけstriving for effect; heroics
- 芝居の筋しばいのすじplot of a play
- 芝居を打つしばいをうつto play a trick; to put up a false show
- 芝居好きしばいずきtheatergoer; someone who likes plays
- 芝居掛かるしばいがかるto be affected; to be theatrical
- 芝居気しばいぎtheatrical
- 芝居者しばいものactor; actress
- 芝居茶屋しばいぢゃやtearoom attached to a theater (esp. in Kabuki)
- 芝桜しばざくらmoss phlox (Phlox subulata); moss pink
- 芝焼きしばやきburning grass in spring (to kill insects)
- 道化芝居どうけしばいfarce; low comedy
- 道芝みちしばroadside grass; roadside weeds
- 隣の芝は青いとなりのしばはあおいthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Other readings
- 芝生しばふlawn; grass
- となりの芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおいthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- 戯け芝居おどけしばいcomedy; burlesque
- 田舎芝居いなかしばいprovincial theatrical performance
- 素人芝居しろうとしばいamateur theatricals; amateur dramatic performance
- 芝エビしばえびshiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
- 芝刈しばかりlawn mowing
- 芝刈機しばかりきlawnmower
- 芝居掛るしばいがかるto be affected; to be theatrical
- 芝海老しばえびshiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
- 芝焼しばやきburning grass in spring (to kill insects)
- 芝生茸しばふたけscotch bonnet (Marasmius oreades); fairy ring mushroom
- 芝麻球チーマーチューfried sesame ball
- 芝麻醤チーマージャンChinese sesame paste
- 藍染芝生茸あいぞめしばふたけPsilocybe subcaerulipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
- 隣の芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおいthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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