| bamboo grass |
| firecracker |
| bamboo; middle (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping); high, middle, and low ranking |
| breaking bamboo |
| bamboo shoots |
| (bamboo) fencing stick |
| bamboo thicket |
| bamboo work |
| (walk on) stilts; bamboo horse |
| green bamboo |
| bamboo pole |
| cut bamboo |
| Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
| split bamboo |
| dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan) |
| Alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
| Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) |
| Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis |
| oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay |
| Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) |
| Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) |
| weird; odd |
| moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots |
| marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea) |
| bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); prostitute; the life of a prostitute |
| Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
| cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two |
| Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo |
| an antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane) |
| bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt |
| type of bamboo |
| Arundo donax |
| to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree |
| sheathing (under thatched roofing); decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) |
| Rhapis humilis; rhapis |
| bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); prostitute; the life of a prostitute |
| type of open-ended bamboo flute |
| Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
| Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) |
| bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire |
| soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end) |
| Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake |
| bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) |
| China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis) |
| light pink (color, colour) |
| with great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick) |
| bamboo basket |
| small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands |
| bamboo rod (stick, pole) |
| bamboo garden; the imperial family |
| barb fitting; barbed tubing connection |
| barb fitting; barbed tubing connection |
| eighth lunar month |
| bamboo rod (stick, pole) |
| bamboo sheath; bamboo peel |
| node (joint) of a bamboo |
| bamboo grove |
| bamboo grove |
| clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank |
| bamboo skewer |
| bamboo sword |
| kanji "bamboo" radical at top |
| Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter) |
| bamboo grove |
| bamboo fence (hedge) |
| bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo |
| Takeshima problem |
| history |
| bamboo mat |
| bamboo material |
| bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle |
| farmer's rake |
| Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians |
| Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians |
| nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi) |
| bamboo spear |
| tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe |
| bamboo enclosure |
| bamboo pole |
| flute constructed of bamboo |
| bamboo hat |
| Taiwanese bamboo raft |
| bamboo pipe |
| bamboo spatula |
| returning tit for tat; retaliating |
| bamboo broom |
| Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus) |
| walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect |
| bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness |
| returning tit for tat; retaliating |
| bamboo screen or blind |
| bamboo writing strip |
| bamboo basket |
| Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon) |
| veranda with bamboo flooring |
| Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) |
| bamboo grove |
| bamboo grove |
| small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands |
| made of bamboo |
| tube-shaped fish-paste cake |
| flour paste cake in the form of a tube |
| childhood friend; old playmate |
| red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus); gurnet; sea robin |
| bamboo pole |
| small bamboo |
| bamboo divination stick |
| bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) |
| Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan) |
| (musical) strings and bamboo |
| short bamboo; small bamboo |
| thick growth of bamboo |
| tall bamboo |
| the Wakatake Variety Theater |
| Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) |
| Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo |
| Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) |
| similar things turning up one after another; lit: bamboo shoots after rain |
| black bamboo |