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bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor

bamboo grove

veranda with bamboo flooring

thin strip of bamboo

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

stilts (for walking); (arch.) hobby horse

bamboo pole

bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

bamboo spear

bamboo broom

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

bamboo basket

clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright

made of bamboo

bamboo sheath; bamboo peel

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); any thin, but flexible bamboo

(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

bamboo rod (stick, pole)

bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword; dull sword

bamboo sheath; bamboo peel

split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

to walk on stilts

bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle

bamboo enclosure

node (joint) of a bamboo

bamboo charcoal

small bamboo

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

bamboo window; window with bamboo planted in front

bamboo spatula

bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute

thick growth of bamboo

kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)

bamboo chip

Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)

to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree

cut bamboo

blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo

dried bamboo; white bamboo

bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)

simmered bamboo shoots and wakame

bamboo garden; the imperial family

bamboo screen or blind

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

(musical) strings and bamboo

bamboo gun (toy)

Takenaka Corporation

Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

eighth lunar month

bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo

bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo

antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)

bamboo garden; (arch.) Imperial family

bamboo flute; bamboo for making flutes; wind and string instruments

ricebean (Vigna umbellata)

children's game of catching bamboo spatulas on the back of the hand

Takei Art Museum