bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae);  middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
 bamboo sword (for kendo);  bamboo fencing stick
 bamboo thicket;  bamboo grove
 container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways;  bamboo tube;  bamboo cylinder
 (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick);  irresistible force
(arch.)  Chinese bamboo; (arch.)  bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes);  descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
 clear-cut and straightforward;  (of a person) forward-thinking;  honest;  upright
 stilts (for walking);  hobby horse
 small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
 bamboo sheath;  bamboo peel
 bamboo shoot;  inexperienced doctor;  quack
 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping);  high, middle and low (ranking);  top, middle and bottom;  upper, medium, lower
 childhood friend;  old playmate
 bamboo grass;  generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
 bamboo dealer;  person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo;  house made of bamboo
 chikuwa;  tube-shaped fish paste cake
 oleander;  Nerium oleander var. indicum;  rosebay
 moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens);  tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
 alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.);  bamboo imitation sword;  dull sword
 soot-colored bamboo (coloured);  bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
 bamboo bundle;  bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
 split bamboo;  bamboo slat;  bamboo split;  noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
 bamboo arrow shaft;  arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
 similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
 marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
 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
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake
 bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism);  striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
 bamboo ruler;  bamboo scale;  bamboo tape
 cutting straight down;  cleaving (a person) in two
 Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 split bamboo;  bamboo slat;  bamboo split;  noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
 veranda with bamboo flooring
 (traditional Japanese) musical instruments
 bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism);  striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii);  any thin, but flexible bamboo
 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
 people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s
 kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)
 bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire
 Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
 small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake;  Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 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
 light pink (color, colour)
 blue-green;  malachite green;  color of green bamboo
 Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)
 bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
 any of the larger varieties of bamboo
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 returning tit for tat;  retaliating
 nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
 returning tit for tat;  retaliating
 Chinese bamboo;  bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake;  Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove;  group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
 the Wakatake Variety Theater
 bamboo tile;  tile made out of bamboo
 to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
 red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus);  gurnet;  sea robin
 Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik);  tootsik bamboo
 walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea);  walkingstick;  stick insect;  leaf insect
 Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo);  Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
 Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove;  group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
 bamboo garden;  the imperial family
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii);  any thin, but flexible bamboo
 clear-cut and straightforward;  (of a person) forward-thinking;  honest;  upright
 clear-cut and straightforward;  (of a person) forward-thinking;  honest;  upright
 bamboo arrow shaft;  arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
 Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
 bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake;  Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
 flour paste cake in the form of a tube
 flour paste cake in the form of a tube
 flour paste cake in the form of a tube
 dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
 hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex);  golden goddess bamboo
 Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)
 Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
 (musical) strings and bamboo
 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)
 Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
 short bamboo;  small bamboo
 sheathing (under thatched roofing);  decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
 type of open-ended bamboo flute
 barb fitting;  barbed tubing connection
 barb fitting;  barbed tubing connection
 Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense)
 bamboo garden; (arch.)  Imperial family
 bamboo flute;  bamboo for making flutes;  wind and string instruments
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum);  tapeworm plant;  ribbonbush
 ricebean (Vigna umbellata)