bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
stilts (for walking); hobby horse
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
childhood friend; old playmate
oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
(traditional Japanese) musical instruments
Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)
light pink (color, colour)
Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
flour paste cake in the form of a tube
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
type of open-ended bamboo flute
Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense)
Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo
hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo
Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)
centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush