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

Nounfirecracker

Nounsplit bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split · noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

NounJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

Noun(traditional Japanese) musical instruments

Nounthick growth of bamboo

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounirresistible; unstoppable; indomitable · breaking bamboo

NounChina pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)

Nounmarbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)

Noungreen bamboo

Nounblack bamboo

Noun(musical) strings and bamboo

Nountall bamboo

Nounbamboo divination stick (used in I Ching divination)

Nounsmall bamboo

Nounbamboo grass; bamboo

NounSasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

NounHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

NounHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

NounSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Nounbamboo growing along a river bank · Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake · Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

NounJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake · Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

NounJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake · Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

NounChinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo

NounChinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) · descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

Nounsoot-colored bamboo (coloured) · bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

Nounbamboo arrow shaft · arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

Noundwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

NounArundo donax (species of tall perennial cane)

Nounsheathing (under thatched roofing) · decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)

Nountype of bamboo

Nountype of open-ended bamboo flute

Nouncut bamboo

Nounbamboo flute · bamboo for making flutes · wind and string instruments

Nounlease rod (in a loom)

Nounany of the larger varieties of bamboo

Nouninner bamboo layer of a bow

Nounouter bamboo layer of a bow

Noundried bamboo; white bamboo

Noundried bamboo; white bamboo

Nounbamboo pole

Nounbamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

Nounantiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)

NounSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) · any thin, but flexible bamboo

NounSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

NounRhapis humilis; rhapis

Nounmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

NounTetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Nounhedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo