カラタケ

noun

Japanese timber bamboo; madake

Phyllostachys bambusoides; a large bamboo species used for construction and crafts. Often called madake in English.

See also: 真竹

• カラタケは日本にほんで最もっとも大おおきな竹たけの一ひとつです。

  Madake is one of the largest bamboos in Japan.

• この竹たけ細ざい工くはカラタケで作つくられています。

  This bamboo craft is made from madake.

noun

Henon bamboo

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis; a variety of black bamboo with green culms. Less common than madake.

See also: ハチク

• ハチクはカラタケの一いっ種しゅで、幹みきが黒くろくなります。

  Henon bamboo is a type of madake whose culms turn black.