Entry
  1. Noun

    story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

    ビルはこの会社での語り草になっている。
    Bill is still a legendary figure in this company.

Also written 語り種【かたりぐさ】語りぐさ【かたりぐさ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

word, speech, language

Kun
かた.るかた.らう
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
301 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
0166.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a9eUnicode hex code
1-24-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5628New Nelson (John Haig)
1543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
347Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
231Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35533Morohashi
112A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209sakade
87Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
124henshall3
231Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
211crowley
154Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1685Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3, yu4Pinyin reading
eoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

Kun
くさくさ--ぐさ
On
ソウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N3
Frequency
967 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
3k6.13The Kanji Dictionary
4440.6Four corner code
1955deroo
8349Unicode hex code
1-33-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3939Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5032New Nelson (John Haig)
2263New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2813Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
224Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
705A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
934Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
118Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30945PMorohashi
162A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
249Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
106sakade
865Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
57henshall3
77Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
229Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cao3Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level