草臥れる[kutabireru] to get tired
遺草[isou] posthumous works
一年草[ichinensou] annual (plant)
詠草[eisou] draft poem
下草[shitakusa] undergrowth

仮名草紙[kanazoushi] story in the kana
伽草子[togizoushi] fairy-tale book
海草[kaisou] marine plant
乾草[kansou] hay
甘草[kanzou] liquorice

ランブル鞭毛虫[ranburubenmouchuu] giardia (flagellate protozoan)
ランブル鞭毛虫症[ranburubenmouchuushou] giardiasis
いも虫[imomushi] hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫[ekichuu] useful insect
円虫類[enchuurui] round worms

夏虫[natsumushi] summer insect
蛔虫[kaichuu] roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
害虫[gaichuu] harmful insect
鈎虫[kouchuu] hookworm
寄生虫[kiseichuu] parasite

草鞋[waraji] straw sandals
草鞋虫[warajimushi] wood louse

二束の草鞋[nisokunowaraji] many irons in the fire
草鞋を脱ぐ[warajiwonugu] to complete one's journey