踊り子

おどりこ

dancer (usu. female)

母子草

ははこぐさ ハハコグサ

Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)

父子草

ちちこぐさ チチコグサ

cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)

草団子

くさだんご

mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)

伽草子

とぎぞうし とぎそうし

fairy-tale book

枕草子

まくらのそうし

The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

瓶子草

へいしそう ヘイシソウ

sarracenia

浮世草子

うきよぞうし

(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature, popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

草食男子

そうしょくだんし

young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented

仮名草子

かなぞうし

early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children)

お伽草子

おとぎぞうし

fairy-tale book

微塵子浮草

みじんこうきくさ

Asian watermeal (Wolffia globosa)

子持万年草

こもちまんねんぐさ コモチマンネングサ

Sedum bulbiferum (species of stonecrop)

草食系男子

そうしょくけいだんし

young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented

踊り

おどり

dance

踊躍

ようやく おどりおど

leaping with joy, jumping about

舞踊

ぶよう

dancing, dance

踊る

おどる

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

辻踊

つじおどり

dancing on a street corner