草原

Noun

 * 1) grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

Etymology 1
Might be a. Alternatively, it might be a reanalysis of, applying the expected on'yomi to the spelling to imbue the term with a higher register.

First cited with this sōgen reading to a newspaper article published in 1871.

Noun

 * 1)  grassland, meadow
 * 2)  steppe, savanna, prairie
 * 1)  steppe, savanna, prairie
 * 1)  steppe, savanna, prairie

Etymology 2
Compound of.

First cited with the kusahara reading to a text from the late 1500s.

Occasionally encountered with an alternative reading of kusawara.

Noun

 * 1)  grassland, meadow