bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae);  middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
 bamboo thicket;  bamboo grove
 container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways;  bamboo tube;  bamboo cylinder
(arch.)  Chinese bamboo; (arch.)  bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes);  descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
 stilts (for walking);  hobby horse
 small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
 bamboo shoot;  inexperienced doctor;  quack
 clear-cut and straightforward;  (of a person) forward-thinking;  honest;  upright
 alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 bamboo sheath;  bamboo peel
 bamboo dealer;  person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo;  house made of bamboo
 bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.);  bamboo imitation sword;  dull sword
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii);  any thin, but flexible bamboo
 bamboo bundle;  bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
 soot-colored bamboo (coloured);  bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
 split bamboo;  bamboo slat;  bamboo split;  noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
 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
 kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)
 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)
 blue-green;  malachite green;  color of green bamboo
 bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake;  Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 bamboo garden;  the imperial family
 to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
 the Wakatake Variety Theater
 bamboo tile;  tile made out of bamboo
 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)