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