篠

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

bamboo grass; bamboo

small bamboo

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

bamboo grass; bamboo

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

Word usually written using kana alone

plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)

Abbreviation

hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners

hemp over-garment worn by Shugendō practitioners

pelting rain; pouring rain; driving rain; downpour

plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)

American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

Sometimes incorrectly used to mean "to fall quietly"

to pour (of rain); to pound down

Historical term

Battle of Nagashino (1575)

Archaic

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

shoots of this plant