How to say "turf" in Japanese

• 芝しばJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers turf in the literal sense of lawn grass or sod, as on a playing field or racetrack. A concise, everyday word for the grass surface itself.
  母ははは私に芝しばを刈かるように言いった。↗

  Mother told me to mow the lawn.
• 芝生しばふJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounAlso covers turf meaning a lawn or expanse of cultivated grass. It emphasizes the grown lawn as a whole — a yard or park lawn — rather than the grass material or sod.
  芝生しばふに露ろが降おりている。↗

  Dew has formed on the lawn.
• 芝草しばくさCommon
  nounCovers turf in the botanical sense: the grass plants used for lawns and sod. It reads as a technical or scientific term for the grass itself, so it is seldom what you want for turf as a lawn or surface.

For the 'grassy ground' sense of 'turf', 芝 and 芝生 are your main choices, with 芝草 a more technical word for the grass itself; none covers slang senses like territory.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 芝しばlawn
• 芝生しばふlawn
• 芝草しばくさlawn
• ターフturf