竹
竹

bamboo

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Common Words

竹たけタケNounFreq #6417
1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

Examples
林に竹が目立つ。
Bamboo stands out in the woods.
2

middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

笹ささササ篠小竹NounFreq #11184
1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

Examples
パンダはささをえさにする。
Pandas feed on bamboo grass.
竹刀《しない》ちくとうNounFreq #20451
1

Martial arts

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

2

ちくとう only

bamboo sword

竹林ちくりんたけばやしNounFreq #27930
1

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

Examples
パンダは竹林にすんでいます。
Pandas live in bamboo thickets.
しっぺ返ししっぺがえししっぺいがえし (竹箆返し／竹篦返し)竹箆返し竹篦返しNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #38563
1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

Examples
日本は多くの国からしっぺ返しをくらうだろう。
Japan will get it from many countries.
ちくわ竹輪NounUsually kanaFreq #39824
1

Food, cooking

chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

爆竹ばくちくNounFreq #40658
1

firecracker

竹やぶ竹薮竹藪たけやぶNounFreq #42516
1

bamboo grove

竹筒たけづつNounFreq #43403
1

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

竹槍竹やりたけやりちくそう (竹槍)NounFreq #49239
1

bamboo spear

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