たけ
Meanings
Noun
1. bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
bamboo grove
bamboo basket
bamboo broom
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
① 竹竿の先端を斜めに切断または円周の一部を鋭く尖らせ、火で炙るなどして硬くした槍のように用いる武器。
veranda with bamboo flooring
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
thin strip of bamboo
① 竹や竹細工、竹工芸品などの竹製品を売る店。竹や竹細工、竹工芸品などの竹製品を売る人。② 竹で作った家。③ 屋号のひとつ。
soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
bamboo chip
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.)
made of bamboo
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
bamboo rod (stick, pole)
split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
bamboo enclosure
bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
to walk on stilts
bamboo charcoal
small bamboo
node (joint) of a bamboo
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
① 漢字の部首「⽵」の呼称の一つ。
Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
thick growth of bamboo
cut bamboo
bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo
bamboo screen or blind
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
bamboo gun (toy)
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
Takeshima problem
eighth lunar month
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)
Examples (6 in total)
I made a table out of bamboo.
There's bamboo growing in the garden.
Pandas love bamboo.