noun:

• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

noun:

• space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) - archaism
• a short time

noun:

• xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute) - obscure term ➜ 簫

noun:

• short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

expression:

• (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force - idiom

noun:

• salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves

noun:

• all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.) ➜ 和菓子【わがし】

noun:

• strong person; person putting on a brave front - after the name of a 12th-century warrior monk
• bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
• checks; plaid; checked pattern - abbreviation ➜ 弁慶縞

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

noun:

• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• shaft (of an arrow) - archaism
• arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) - archaism ➜ 矢竹

noun:

• key
• flute constructed of bamboo

noun:

• southern sky ➜ 北天
• heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• joint; knuckle
• tune; melody
• knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
• part; notable characteristic ➜ 思い当たるふしがある

noun:

• slip (of paper)
• tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label

noun:

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

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend; to warp; to yield ➜ 撓う
• to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant ➜ しなやか・撓う

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend; to warp; to yield
• to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant ➜ しなやか

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (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

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

noun:

• man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman
• person of high rank
• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) ➜ 四君子