expression, Ichidan verb

Idiomatic expression. Because shepherd's purse is a weed that often grows in abandoned areas.
  1. to be in ruins, to be dilapidated, to be desolated.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ぺんぺん草が生える ぺんぺんぐさがはえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grass, weeds, herbs
くさ ソウ そ (1st, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)