Words — 322 found
しょうちくばい
松竹梅
2. high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class)from 松 down to 梅
3. Shouchikubai
はたがしら
旗頭
1. leader; boss
2. upper part of a flag
3. (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
1. breaking bamboo
1. bamboo ladle
1. green bamboo
なんてん
南天
2. heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandinaUsually written using kana alone
3. Nanten
4. Nandina
ナンテン
2. basket used by travellers to carry food and other suppliesArchaic
3. basket used by travellers to carry horse fodderArchaic, orig. meaning
4. Hatago
はちくいきお
破竹の勢い
1. (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible forceIdiomatic expression
うごたけのこ
雨後の筍
1. similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain
雨後の竹の子 【うごのたけのこ】、雨後のたけのこ 【うごのたけのこ】、雨後のタケノコ 【うごのタケノコ】
ちくりんしちけん
竹林の七賢
1. Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musiciansYojijukugo (four character compound), See also 清談
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竹林七賢 【ちくりんのしちけん】
竹林七賢: Irregular okurigana usage.
もうそうちく
孟宗竹
1. moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shootsUsually written using kana alone
孟宗竹 【もうそうだけ】、モウソウチク、モウソウダケ
りゅうてき
竜笛
1. dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
竜笛 【りょうてき】、龍笛 【りゅうてき】、龍笛 【りょうてき】
1. noh flute (transverse bamboo flute with seven holes; approx. 39 cm long)
こまぶえ
高麗笛
1. Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
狛笛 【こまぶえ】
1. bamboo writing strip
ま
巻きす
1. bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi); sushi mat
巻き簾 【まきす】、巻き簀 【まきす】