タケノコ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. bamboo shoot
2. young, inexperienced doctor
Pitch accent
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ケノコ
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Composed of
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain