(たけ), たけ

take

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo
  • middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

(ささ), (しの), 小竹(こだけ), ささ

sasa

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo grass

竹林(ちくりん), ちくりん, たけばやし

chikurin, takebayashi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo thicket

しっぺ(がえ)し, (たけ), 竹篦返(しっぺいがえ)し, しっぺがえし, しっぺいがえし

shippegaeshi, shippeigaeshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • returning tit for tat; retaliating

竹刀(しない), しない

shinai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (bamboo) fencing stick

川竹(かわたけ), 河竹(かわたけ), かわたけ

kawatake

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo growing along a river bank
  • Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
  • Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
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竹馬(たけうま), たけうま, ちくば

takeuma, chikuba

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (walk on) stilts; bamboo horse

竹細工(たけざいく), たけざいく

takezaiku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo work

(たけ)(), (たけのこ), たけのこ

takenoko

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo shoots

笹竹(ささたけ), 篠竹(しのだけ), ささたけ

sasatake

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • small bamboo

竹叢(たかむら), (たけ), (たかむら), たかむら

takamura

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo grove

竹筒(たけづつ), たけづつ

takezutsu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo pipe

竹屋(たけや), たけや

takeya

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo
  • house made of bamboo

竹輪(ちくわ), ちくわ

chikuwa

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • tube-shaped fish-paste cake

夾竹桃(きょうちくとう), きょうちくとう

kyōchikutō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay

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