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noun
1.
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
See also:歳寒三友
2.
high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)(from 松 down to 梅)
noun
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blue-green, malachite green, color of green bamboo
Other readings:
                青竹色【あおだけいろ】
                noun
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short bamboo, small bamboo(archaism, obscure)
Other readings:
                細小小笹【いささおざさ】
、細小小竹【いささおざさ】
                expression
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similar things turning up one after another, bamboo shoots after rain
Other readings:
                雨後の竹の子【うごのたけのこ】
、雨後のタケノコ【うごのタケノコ】
、雨後のたけのこ【うごのたけのこ】
                noun
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antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)
See also:火種
noun
1.
sheathing (under thatched roofing)
See also:桟 (えつり)
2.
decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
noun
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Chinese bamboo, bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)(archaism)
Other readings:
                漢竹【からたけ】
、漢竹【かんちく】
                noun
1.
bamboo growing along a river bank
2.
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides), giant timber bamboo, madake
3.
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
4.
prostitute, the life of a prostitute(archaism)
Other readings:
                河竹【かわたけ】
                noun
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centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum), tapeworm plant, ribbonbush(usually kana)
Other readings:
                カンキチク
                noun
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marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)(usually kana)
Other readings:
                カンチク
                expression, Godan-gu verb
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to sew a fox's skin to the lion's, to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree(idiom )
noun
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Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)
See also:真竹 (まだけ)
Other readings:
                キンメイチク
                noun
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                Other readings:
                クレタケ
                noun
1.
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)(Buddhist term)
2.
striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger(usually kana)(esp. しっぺ)
Other readings:
                竹箆【しっぺ】[1]
、竹篦【しっぺい】[1]
、竹篦【しっぺ】[1]
                Notes:
                - ateji (phonetic) reading
 
noun
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returning tit for tat, retaliating
Other readings:
                竹箆返し【しっぺがえし】
、竹箆返し【しっぺいがえし】
、竹篦返し【しっぺがえし】
、竹篦返し【しっぺいがえし】
                noun
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bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt(sensitive)
See also:麺媽
Other readings:
                支那チク【しなチク】
                noun
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Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
noun
1.
soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
2.
bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
See also:すす払い
Other readings:
                煤竹【すすだけ】
                noun
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Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)(usually kana)
Other readings:
                スズタケ
                noun
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China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
                セキチク
                noun
1.
bamboo bundle
2.
bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
noun
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container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways, bamboo tube, bamboo cylinder
noun
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small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
Other readings:
                竹蜻蛉【たけとんぼ】
                expression, noun
1.
match made in heaven, perfect match, great coupling, sparrow and bamboo (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)(idiom )
2.
family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
expression, noun
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people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s
noun
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barb fitting, barbed tubing connection
Other readings:
                タケノコ継ぎ手【タケノコつぎて】
、竹の子継手【たけのこつぎて】
、竹の子継ぎ手【たけのこつぎて】
                noun
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bamboo tile, tile made out of bamboo(mahjong term)
Other readings:
                竹牌【たけパイ】
                noun
1.
bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.), bamboo imitation sword
2.
dull sword
noun
1.
bamboo dealer, person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo
2.
house made of bamboo
noun
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tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons, sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe(yojijukugo)
expression, na-adjective
1.
clear-cut and straightforward(idiom )
2.
(of a person) forward-thinking, honest, upright, frank(idiom )
Other readings:
                竹を割った様【たけをわったよう】
、竹をわったよう【たけをわったよう】
                noun
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        noun
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Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
See also:和三盆 (わさんぼん)
Other readings:
                竹糖【たけとう】
                noun
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Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
See also:清談
Other readings:
                竹林七賢【ちくりんのしちけん】[1]
                Notes:
                - irregular okurigana usage
 
noun
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flour paste cake in the form of a tube
Other readings:
                竹輪ぶ【ちくわぶ】
、竹輪麸【ちくわぶ】
                noun
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Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik), tootsik bamboo(usually kana)
Other readings:
                トウチク
                noun
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nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)(usually kana)
Other readings:
                なぎ《竹柏》
、なぎ《椛》[1]
、ちくはく《竹柏》
、ナギ
                Notes:
                - word containing irregular kanji usage
 
noun
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walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect(usually kana)
Other readings:
                ななふし《竹節虫》
、ナナフシ
                noun
1.
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)(usually kana, obscure)
2.
any thin, but flexible bamboo
Other readings:
                なゆたけ《弱竹》
、なゆたけ《萎ゆ竹》
、ナヨタケ
、ナユタケ
                noun
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dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
Other readings:
                千里竹【ねざさ】