bamboo shoot;  inexperienced doctor;  quack
 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
 veranda with bamboo flooring
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake;  Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 bamboo dealer;  person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo;  house made of bamboo
 soot-colored bamboo (coloured);  bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
 small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
 stilts (for walking);  hobby horse
(arch.)  Chinese bamboo; (arch.)  bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes);  descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
 clear-cut and straightforward;  (of a person) forward-thinking;  honest;  upright
 bamboo sheath;  bamboo peel
 split bamboo;  bamboo slat;  bamboo split;  noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
 bamboo bundle;  bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
 match made in heaven;  perfect match;  great coupling;  family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
 kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)
 Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
 bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
 blue-green;  malachite green;  color of green bamboo
 Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
 bamboo garden;  the imperial family
 to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
 the Wakatake Variety Theater
 bamboo tile;  tile made out of bamboo
 bamboo tile;  tile made out of bamboo
 (musical) strings and bamboo
 bamboo garden; (arch.)  Imperial family
 bamboo flute;  bamboo for making flutes;  wind and string instruments
 ricebean (Vigna umbellata)