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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

bamboo grove

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

bamboo spear

(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

bamboo broom

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

stilts (for walking); hobby horse

bamboo skewer

bamboo fence (hedge)

bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack

bamboo basket

alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright

made of bamboo

bamboo sheath; bamboo peel

bamboo pole

bamboo work; bamboo ware

bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

thin strip of bamboo

bamboo rod (stick, pole)

bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword; dull sword

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo

bamboo enclosure

to walk on stilts

bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle

bamboo charcoal

soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

small bamboo

split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

node (joint) of a bamboo

bamboo ruler; bamboo scale; bamboo tape

flute constructed of bamboo

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain

cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

veranda with bamboo flooring

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

bamboo chopsticks

kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)

bamboo chip

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)

cut bamboo

thick growth of bamboo

blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo

bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)

bamboo hat

bamboo screen or blind

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

bamboo gun (toy)

bamboo garden; the imperial family

Takeshima problem

to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree

the Wakatake Variety Theater

eighth lunar month

bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo

bamboo spatula

barb fitting; barbed tubing connection

tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe

antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)

bamboo garden; (arch.) Imperial family

(musical) strings and bamboo

bamboo flute; bamboo for making flutes; wind and string instruments

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

ricebean (Vigna umbellata)

Takeda Station (Kyoto)