道草

みちくさ

Also written 路草

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive loitering on the way See also: 道草を食う (みちくさをくう).
2. Noun wayside grass

Kanji

• 道 road. Read as みち.
• 草 grass. Read as くさ.

Example sentences

• 帰り道で道草を食うんじゃないよ。
  Don't fool around on your way home.
• 帰り道で道草するんじゃないのよ。
  Don't play around too much after school.

Words containing 道草

• 道草を食う (みちくさをくう) to loiter (on the way)

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