芝草|しばくさshibakusa[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounlawn; sod; turf

• Synonym芝生しばふNeutralRefers to a stretch of lawn itself and is the most common word in daily use, as in 「芝生に入らないで」; it points to the ground, not the grass.
• Synonym芝しばNeutralCovers both the lawn grass and the lawn, and is the most general term; 「芝草」 is simply its written form.
• SynonymターフNeutralA loanword for turf, especially the grass course at a racetrack, as in 「ターフを駆ける」; it evokes horse racing rather than ordinary lawns.

For a lawn in everyday speech use 「芝生」 or 「芝」; 「芝草」 is the written or horticultural term for the grass used in lawns, and 「ターフ」 refers to the turf course at horse racing.

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1. 「万まん年ねん茸たけ」の別名べつめい。
2. 芝しば。