Keyword
bamboo grass
Info
FrequencyTop 2300-2400
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig1010
Readings
ささ
(94%)
ざさ
(5%)
Composed of
bamboo
world
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
field of bamboo grass
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
toy bamboo-leaf boat
thicket of bamboo grass
small bamboo
sasadango; rice dumpling made with mugwort and red bean paste steamed in a bamboo leaf
lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter); tiny twittering
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
sasadango; rice dumpling made with mugwort and red bean paste steamed in a bamboo leaf
bamboo grass; bamboo
thicket of bamboo grass
sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings
cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings
Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)
Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)
Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)
short bamboo; small bamboo
short bamboo; small bamboo
spider; spider silk
Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)
bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)
Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)
wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius)
wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius)
striated heron (Butorides striata); green-backed heron