たけのこ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. bamboo shoot
2. inexperienced doctor; quack
when read as "たけのこ"
Kanji used
bamboo shoot
Pitch accent
けのこ
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
horse botfly larva
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
inexperienced doctor; quack