くさ

Japanese

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

【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 (w, “LOL”); LOLs [phrase] Ellipsis of 草生える (kusa haeru, literally “grass grows”): (Internet slang) … it's hilarious Alternative spelling 艸

【種】4 [noun] an origin, cause [noun] a type, class [counter] counter for number of kinds or types

(This term, くさ, 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.)

Okinawan

Noun

くさ (kusa) 

1. grass