たけのこ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. bamboo shoot
2. inexperienced doctor; quack
when read as "たけのこ"
Pitch accent
けのこ
Composed of
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s
horse botfly larva
inexperienced doctor; quack
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
inexperienced doctor; quack
barb fitting; barbed tubing connection