芝生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芝	生
しば Grade: S	ふ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しばふ [shìbáfú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠ɸɯ̟]

Noun

芝(しば)生(ふ) • (shibafu)

grass, a lawn

Idioms

隣(となり)の芝生(しばふ)は青(あお)い (tonari no shibafu wa aoi, “the neighbor's grass is greener; the grass is always greener on the other side”)

See also

草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, weed”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN