Search Terms: *竹*
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noun
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bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
Other readings:
篠【ささ】
、小竹【ささ】
noun
1.
bamboo shoot(usually kana)
2.
Other readings:
たけのこ《筍》
、たけのこ《笋》
、たかんな《筍》[1]
、たかんな《笋》[1]
、たかむな《筍》[1]
、たかむな《笋》[1]
、たこうな《筍》[1]
、たこうな《笋》[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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