川かわ竹たけ

noun

bamboo growing along a riverbank

Refers to bamboo naturally growing by a river, not a specific species.

• 川かわ竹たけが風かぜに揺ゆれている。

  The bamboo along the river is swaying in the wind.

noun

Japanese timber bamboo; madake

Phyllostachys bambusoides; a large bamboo species used for construction and crafts.

• 川かわ竹たけは建けん築ちく材ざいとして使つかわれる。

  Madake is used as a construction material.

noun

Simon bamboo

Pleioblastus simonii; a smaller bamboo species, also called 女竹 (めだけ).

• 川かわ竹たけは細ほそくてしなやかな竹たけだ。

  Simon bamboo is a thin and flexible bamboo.

noun

prostitute; life of a prostitute

Archaic slang; derived from the image of bamboo by the river, used in the Edo period pleasure quarters.

• 川かわ竹たけという言こと葉ばは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう女じょを指さす隠いん語ごだった。

  The word 川竹 was a slang term for prostitutes in the Edo period.