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竹 たけ N2

  1. bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
  2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

竹刀 しない

  1. bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword (for kendo)
  2. bamboo sword

竹林 ちくりん

  1. bamboo grove; bamboo thicket

竹かご たけかご

  1. bamboo basket

竹がえし たけがえし

  1. children's game of catching bamboo spatulas on the back of the hand

竹とんぼ たけとんぼ

  1. small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

竹に雀 たけにすずめ

  1. great coupling; match made in heaven; perfect match; sparrow and bamboo (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)
  2. family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

竹の園 たけのその

  1. bamboo garden
  2. Imperial family

竹の園生 たけのそのう

  1. bamboo garden; the imperial family

竹の子にょっき たけのこにょっき

  1. group game in which players put their hands together and try to raise them while saying "nyokki" without speaking over anyone else until only one player (the loser) remains; takenoko nyokki
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