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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

firecracker

bamboo grove

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

bamboo spear

(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

green bamboo

bamboo broom

clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright

bamboo skewer

stilts (for walking); hobby horse

bamboo fence (hedge)

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

bamboo sheath; bamboo peel

made of bamboo

bamboo pole

bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack

breaking bamboo

bamboo basket

bamboo work; bamboo ware

pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

childhood friend; old playmate

bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

bamboo grove

bamboo broom

chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

thin strip of bamboo

bamboo divination stick

oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay

bamboo rod (stick, pole)

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

bamboo grass; bamboo

alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword; dull sword

bamboo writing strip

to walk on stilts

bamboo enclosure

soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

node (joint) of a bamboo

bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle

small bamboo

split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

bamboo spear

bamboo grove

bamboo charcoal

bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)

bamboo basket

marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)

flute constructed of bamboo

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain

bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

bamboo ruler; bamboo scale; bamboo tape

Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

bamboo pole

split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

veranda with bamboo flooring

bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

(traditional Japanese) musical instruments

bamboo material

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo

thin strip of bamboo

cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute

kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)

bamboo chopsticks

people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire

bamboo chip

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

bamboo grove

thick growth of bamboo

bamboo pole

history

bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute

cut bamboo

bamboo hat

bamboo wife; Dutch wife

blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo

bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)

Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)

Taiwanese bamboo raft

light pink (color, colour)

black bamboo

any of the larger varieties of bamboo

Takeshima problem

bamboo screen or blind

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

weird; odd

nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians

bamboo wife; Dutch wife

Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)

Rhapis humilis; rhapis

returning tit for tat; retaliating

bamboo gun (toy)

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

returning tit for tat; retaliating

Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree

eighth lunar month

the Wakatake Variety Theater

Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus); gurnet; sea robin

bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo

grilled chikuwa

bamboo garden; the imperial family

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians

bamboo grove

clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright

clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright

farmer's rake

bamboo rod (stick, pole)

bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

small bamboo

Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

flour paste cake in the form of a tube

flour paste cake in the form of a tube

flour paste cake in the form of a tube

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo

Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)

bamboo mat

bamboo gun (toy)

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

bamboo spatula

(musical) strings and bamboo

tall bamboo

tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe

antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)

Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)

short bamboo; small bamboo

sheathing (under thatched roofing); decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)

type of bamboo

type of open-ended bamboo flute

barb fitting; barbed tubing connection

barb fitting; barbed tubing connection

Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense)

bamboo garden; (arch.) Imperial family

bamboo flute; bamboo for making flutes; wind and string instruments

lease rod (in a loom)

Takeda Station (Kyoto)

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Arundo donax

centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush

ricebean (Vigna umbellata)