枯れ草

かれくさ こそう

dry grass, dead grass, hay, withered grass

枯草熱

こそうねつ

hay fever, pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

枯草菌

こそうきん

hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis), grass bacillus

枯れ枯れ

かれがれ

dry-looking, withered

末枯れ

うらがれ

dying of the little twigs and branches

枯れ野

かれの

desolate field, withered field

夏枯れ

なつがれ

summer slump

冬枯れ

ふゆがれ

wintry desolation, poor business conditions

枯れ木

かれき

dead tree, dry wood

枯れ枝

かれえだ

dead branch (or twig, etc.), withered branch

枯れ専

かれせん カレセン

younger woman (usu. 20-30 years old) who is physically attracted to mature older men (usu. 50-60 years old)

葉枯れ

はがれ

leaf withering

枯れ葉

かれは

dead leaf, dry leaves

品枯れ

scarcity of goods; being out of stock

霜枯れ

しもがれ

nipped by frost, bleak

枯れる

かれる

to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die

忘れ草

わすれぐさ

Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso (variety of daylily)

霜枯れ時

しもがれどき

winter (season), slack or off season

立ち枯れ

たちがれ

blighted, withered