芝(しば)

Refers to lawn grass or turf. The compound 芝生(しばふ) (lawn, grass field) is more common in everyday conversation than 芝(しば) alone. 芝(しば) by itself appears more often in compounds or when talking about the grass material.

Common collocations

• 芝(しば)を刈(か)る — to mow the lawn
• 芝生(しばふ) — lawn, grass
• 芝生(しばふ)に入(はい)るな — keep off the grass
• 人工芝(じんこうしば) — artificial turf
• 天然芝(てんねんしば) — natural turf/grass
• 芝(しば)を張(は)る — to lay turf

Related words

• 芝生(しばふ) — lawn (the most common everyday form)
• 芝刈(しばか)り機(き) — lawn mower
• 芝居(しばい) — play, theater (originally performed on grass-covered areas; now unrelated to grass)