noun:

• bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
• middle (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 梅【うめ】・松【まつ】

noun:

• firecracker

noun:

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

noun:

• breaking bamboo

noun:

• green bamboo

noun:

• Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo

noun:

• bamboo grass; bamboo

noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

noun:

• Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

noun:

• Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

noun:

• type of bamboo ➜ 四方竹

noun:

• lease rod (in a loom)

noun:

• bamboo arrow shaft
• arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• tall bamboo

noun:

• type of open-ended bamboo flute

noun:

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

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) ➜ 桟【えつり】
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)

noun:

• dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

noun:

• soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
• bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end) ➜ すす払い

noun:

• hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo

noun:

• Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo) ➜ 蓬莱竹

noun:

• bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt - sensitive ➜ 麺媽

noun:

• Arundo donax

noun:

• bamboo pole

noun:

• centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush