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竹のつえ

see styles
 takenotsue
    たけのつえ
bamboo rod (stick, pole)

竹の園生

see styles
 takenosonou / takenosono
    たけのそのう
bamboo garden; the imperial family

竹ぼうき

see styles
 takebouki / takeboki
    たけぼうき
bamboo broom

竹取物語

see styles
 taketorimonogatari
    たけとりものがたり
(work) Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter); (wk) Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

Variations:
竹席

see styles
 takamushiro
    たかむしろ
(See 筵・1) bamboo mat

竹書紀年


竹书纪年

see styles
zhú shū jì nián
    zhu2 shu1 ji4 nian2
chu shu chi nien
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC

竹林七賢

see styles
 chikurinnoshichiken
    ちくりんのしちけん
(irregular okurigana usage) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians

笹牛の舌

see styles
 sasaushinoshita; sasaushinoshita
    ささうしのした; ササウシノシタ
(kana only) bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)

筒子米糕

see styles
tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo
    tong3 zi3 mi3 gao1
t`ung tzu mi kao
    tung tzu mi kao
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)

箪食瓢飲

see styles
 tanshihyouin / tanshihyoin
    たんしひょういん
(rare) (yoji) (from the Analects of Confucius) simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

細小小竹

see styles
 isasaozasa
    いささおざさ
(archaism) (obscure) short bamboo; small bamboo

細小小笹

see styles
 isasaozasa
    いささおざさ
(archaism) (obscure) short bamboo; small bamboo

網干し垣

see styles
 aboshigaki
    あぼしがき
(obscure) bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net

罄竹難書


罄竹难书

see styles
qìng zhú nán shū
    qing4 zhu2 nan2 shu1
ch`ing chu nan shu
    ching chu nan shu
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted; innumerable crimes (idiom); see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]

蒸籠蒸し

see styles
 seiromushi / seromushi
    せいろむし
(food term) steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer

迎刃而解

see styles
yíng rèn ér jiě
    ying2 ren4 er2 jie3
ying jen erh chieh
lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved

雨後の筍

see styles
 ugonotakenoko
    うごのたけのこ
(expression) similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain

雨後春筍


雨后春笋

see styles
yǔ hòu chūn sǔn
    yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3
yü hou ch`un sun
    yü hou chun sun
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession

韋編三絕


韦编三绝

see styles
wéi biān sān jué
    wei2 bian1 san1 jue2
wei pien san chüeh
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; fig. to study diligently

いささ小笹

see styles
 isasaozasa
    いささおざさ
(archaism) (obscure) short bamboo; small bamboo

オナゴダケ

see styles
 onagodake
    オナゴダケ
(kana only) (obscure) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

コジュケイ

see styles
 kojukei / kojuke
    コジュケイ
(kana only) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)

せいろ蒸し

see styles
 seiromushi / seromushi
    せいろむし
(food term) steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer

ナリヤラン

see styles
 nariyaran
    ナリヤラン
(kana only) bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia)

Variations:
唐竹
漢竹

see styles
 karatake; kanchiku(漢竹)
    からたけ; かんちく(漢竹)
(1) (archaism) Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); (2) (唐竹 only) descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

Variations:
女竹
雌竹

see styles
 medake; medake
    めだけ; メダケ
(kana only) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Variations:
小舞
木舞

see styles
 komai
    こまい
(1) laths; bamboo lathing; (2) (小舞 only) short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment

Variations:
川竹
河竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute

Variations:
幹竹
乾竹

see styles
 karatake; karatake
    からたけ; カラタケ
(1) (kana only) (See マダケ) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (See ハチク) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

Variations:
水篶
三篶

see styles
 misuzu
    みすず
(kana only) (See 篠竹・すずたけ) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

Variations:
熊笹
隈笹

see styles
 kumazasa; kumazasa
    くまざさ; クマザサ
(kana only) kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo

Variations:
矢竹
箭竹

see styles
 yadake; yadake
    やだけ; ヤダケ
(1) bamboo arrow shaft; (2) (kana only) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

破竹の勢い

see styles
 hachikunoikioi
    はちくのいきおい
(expression) (idiom) (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

Variations:
竜笛
龍笛

see styles
 ryuuteki; ryouteki / ryuteki; ryoteki
    りゅうてき; りょうてき
dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

竹でっぽう

see styles
 takedeppou / takedeppo
    たけでっぽう
bamboo gun (toy)

竹取の翁翁

see styles
 taketorinookina
    たけとりのおきな
(personal name) Taketori-no-Okina (title character in the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter)

竹林の七賢

see styles
 chikurinnoshichiken
    ちくりんのしちけん
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians

竹筒倒豆子

see styles
zhú tǒng dào dòu zi
    zhu2 tong3 dao4 dou4 zi5
chu t`ung tao tou tzu
    chu tung tao tou tzu
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube; (fig.) to come clean; to make a clean breast of things

Variations:
笹竹
篠竹

see styles
 sasatake
    ささたけ
small bamboo

Variations:
笹藪
笹薮

see styles
 sasayabu
    ささやぶ
thicket of bamboo grass

Variations:
管鑰
管籥

see styles
 kanyaku
    かんやく
(1) key; (2) flute constructed of bamboo

Variations:

簀垂れ

see styles
 sudare; su(簾)(ok)
    すだれ; す(簾)(ok)
(1) (kana only) bamboo screen; rattan blind; (2) (すだれ only) (kana only) bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

Variations:
簾戸
簀戸

see styles
 sudo
    すど
bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

Variations:

茅巻き

see styles
 chimaki
    ちまき
rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

アズマネザサ

see styles
 azumanezasa
    アズマネザサ
(kana only) Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

キヌガサタケ

see styles
 kinugasatake
    キヌガサタケ
(kana only) bamboo fungus (Phallus indusiatus); bamboo pith; long net stinkhorn; crinoline stinkhorn

Variations:
さお竹
竿竹

see styles
 saodake
    さおだけ
bamboo pole

ばっちょう笠

see styles
 bacchougasa; bacchougasa / bacchogasa; bacchogasa
    ばっちょうがさ; バッチョウガサ
conical bamboo hat

ホウオウチク

see styles
 hououchiku / hoochiku
    ホウオウチク
(kana only) Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)

ホウライチク

see styles
 houraichiku / horaichiku
    ホウライチク
(kana only) hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo

モウソウダケ

see styles
 mousoudake / mosodake
    モウソウダケ
(kana only) moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

モウソウチク

see styles
 mousouchiku / mosochiku
    モウソウチク
(kana only) moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

Variations:
割竹
割り竹

see styles
 waridake; waritake
    わりだけ; わりたけ
(1) split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; (2) noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

南京玉すだれ

see styles
 nankintamasudare
    ナンキンたますだれ
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem

Variations:
弱竹
萎ゆ竹

see styles
 nayotake(弱竹); nayutake; nayotake; nayutake
    なよたけ(弱竹); なゆたけ; ナヨタケ; ナユタケ
(1) (kana only) (rare) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (2) any thin, but flexible bamboo

木に竹を接ぐ

see styles
 kinitakeotsugu
    きにたけをつぐ
(exp,v5g) (idiom) to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree

Variations:
根笹
千里竹

see styles
 nezasa
    ねざさ
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

Variations:
炙り子
焙籠

see styles
 aburiko
    あぶりこ
(rare) basket made of bamboo or wire mesh (for drying clothes, cooking rice cakes, etc.)

Variations:
目刺し
目刺

see styles
 mezashi
    めざし
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

竹取翁の物語

see styles
 taketorinookinanomonogatari
    たけとりのおきなのものがたり
(product) Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter); (product name) Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

Variations:
竹槍
竹やり

see styles
 takeyari; chikusou(竹槍) / takeyari; chikuso(竹槍)
    たけやり; ちくそう(竹槍)
bamboo spear

Variations:
竹籠
竹かご

see styles
 takekago
    たけかご
bamboo basket

Variations:
竹籤
竹ひご

see styles
 takehigo
    たけひご
(See 籤・ひご) thin strip of bamboo

Variations:
編み戸
編戸

see styles
 amido
    あみど
door made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, etc.

雨後の竹の子

see styles
 ugonotakenoko
    うごのたけのこ
(expression) similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain

Variations:
高麗笛
狛笛

see styles
 komabue
    こまぶえ
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

ササウシノシタ

see styles
 sasaushinoshita
    ササウシノシタ
(kana only) bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)

テンジクザメ属

see styles
 tenjikuzamezoku
    テンジクザメぞく
Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks)

テンジクザメ科

see styles
 tenjikuzameka
    テンジクザメか
Hemiscylliidae (family of tropical Indo-Pacific longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks)

Variations:
のべ竿
延べ竿

see styles
 nobezao
    のべざお
(1) fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides); (2) fishing rod made of a single piece of bamboo; (3) (See 三味線) one-piece shamisen neck

バッチョウガサ

see styles
 bacchougasa / bacchogasa
    バッチョウガサ
conical bamboo hat

バンジョウガサ

see styles
 banjougasa / banjogasa
    バンジョウガサ
large primitive bamboo hat

夜目遠目笠の内

see styles
 yometoomekasanouchi / yometoomekasanochi
    よめとおめかさのうち
(expression) expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

Variations:
竹の子

see styles
 takenoko; takanna(筍, 笋)(ok); takamuna(筍, 笋)(ok); takouna(筍, 笋)(ok) / takenoko; takanna(筍, 笋)(ok); takamuna(筍, 笋)(ok); takona(筍, 笋)(ok)
    たけのこ; たかんな(筍, 笋)(ok); たかむな(筍, 笋)(ok); たこうな(筍, 笋)(ok)
(1) (kana only) bamboo shoot; (2) (たけのこ only) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See 筍医者) inexperienced doctor; quack

Variations:
竹夫人
竹婦人

see styles
 chikufujin
    ちくふじん
bamboo wife; Dutch wife

雨後のタケノコ

see styles
 ugonotakenoko
    うごのタケノコ
(expression) similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain

Variations:
から傘
唐傘

see styles
 karakasa
    からかさ
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

一箪の食一瓢の飲

see styles
 ittannoshiippyounoin / ittannoshippyonoin
    いったんのしいっぴょうのいん
(exp,n) (idiom) (from the Analects of Confucius) simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

大般若波羅蜜多經


大般若波罗蜜多经

see styles
dà bō rě bō luó mì duō jīng
    da4 bo1 re3 bo1 luo2 mi4 duo1 jing1
ta po je po lo mi to ching
 Dai hannya haramitta kyō
Mahā-prajñāpāramitā sūtra, said to have been delivered by Śākyamuni in four places at sixteen assemblies, i.e. Gṛidhrakūṭa near Rājagṛha (Vulture Peak); Śrāvastī; Paranirmitavaśavartin, and Veluvana near Rājagṛha (Bamboo Garden). It consists of 600 juan as translated by Xuanzang. Parts of it were translated by others under various titles and considerable differences are found in them. It is the fundamental philosophical work of the Mahāyāna school, the formulation of wisdom, which is the sixth pāramitā.

Variations:
忍び返し
忍返し

see styles
 shinobigaeshi
    しのびがえし
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

Variations:
支那竹
支那チク

see styles
 shinachiku(支那竹); shinachiku(支那chiku)
    しなちく(支那竹); しなチク(支那チク)
(sensitive word) (See 麺媽) bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

Variations:
松明
炬(rK)

see styles
 taimatsu(gikun); shoumei(松明) / taimatsu(gikun); shome(松明)
    たいまつ(gikun); しょうめい(松明)
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

Variations:
火叩き
火たたき

see styles
 hitataki
    ひたたき
traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

Variations:
竹の杖
竹のつえ

see styles
 takenotsue
    たけのつえ
bamboo rod (stick, pole)

Variations:
竹叢
竹むら

see styles
 takamura
    たかむら
bamboo grove

Variations:
筍干
笋羹
笋干

see styles
 shunkan
    しゅんかん
(1) {food} (See 普茶料理) dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots; (2) wooden lacquered bowl; (3) Kagoshima cuisine

Variations:
網干垣
網干し垣

see styles
 aboshigaki
    あぼしがき
(rare) bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net

Variations:
荒巻
苞苴
新巻

see styles
 aramaki
    あらまき
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves

Variations:
麺麻
麺碼
麺媽

see styles
 menma; menma
    めんま; メンマ
(kana only) (See 支那竹) bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt (chi: miànmá)

矢来(ateji)

see styles
 yarai
    やらい
rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

Variations:
竹やぶ
竹薮
竹藪

see styles
 takeyabu
    たけやぶ
bamboo grove

Variations:
竹鉄砲
竹でっぽう

see styles
 takedeppou / takedeppo
    たけでっぽう
bamboo gun (toy)

Variations:
笹(P)

小竹

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

Variations:
簀巻き
簀巻
す巻

see styles
 sumaki
    すまき
(1) wrapping something in a bamboo mat; (2) wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

Variations:

簀垂れ(rK)

see styles
 sudare; su(簾)(ok)
    すだれ; す(簾)(ok)
(1) (kana only) bamboo screen; rattan blind; (2) (すだれ only) (kana only) bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

Variations:
群れ立つ
むれ立つ

see styles
 muredatsu; muretatsu
    むれだつ; むれたつ
(v5t,vi) to stand all around (e.g. bamboo, pines, pampas grass)

Variations:
群竹
叢竹(rK)

see styles
 muratake
    むらたけ
thick growth of bamboo

Variations:
茶筅
茶せん
茶筌

see styles
 chasen
    ちゃせん
(1) tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; (2) hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

Variations:
黒竹
烏竹(rK)

see styles
 kurochiku; kurochiku
    くろちく; クロチク
black bamboo

ジェントルキツネザル

see styles
 jentorukitsunezaru
    ジェントルキツネザル
gentle lemur (Hapalemur spp.); bamboo lemur

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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