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

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)

しの only; Abbreviation

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

しの only

sliver (strand of loose fibers)

field of bamboo grass

to pelt down (of rain); to pour

pelting rain; pouring rain; driving rain; downpour

bamboo grass; bamboo

Archaic

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

shoots of this plant

Historical term

Battle of Nagashino (1575)

small bamboo

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)