くさ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くさ – see the following entry.

【草】1

[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

[noun] (Internet slang) "grass", in reference to the expression w (“LOL”); LOLs

[phrase] Short for 草生える (kusa haeru): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious

(This term, くさ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as くさ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くさ.)

Okinawan

Noun

くさ (romaji kusa)

grass