煤すす竹たけ

noun

soot-colored bamboo

Refers to bamboo that has been stained dark brown by years of exposure to smoke and soot, often from a traditional hearth. Valued for its aged patina in crafts and architecture.

• 古こ民みん家かの天てん井じょうには煤すす竹たけが使つかわれている。

  Soot-colored bamboo is used in the ceiling of the old farmhouse.

noun

bamboo duster (with leaves attached)

A traditional cleaning tool made from a length of bamboo with its leaves still attached at one end, used for dusting soot and cobwebs, especially during year-end cleaning.

See also: 煤払い

• 年ねん末まつの大おお掃そう除じで、母ははは煤すす竹たけを使つかって天てん井じょうのほこりを払はらった。

  During the year-end big cleaning, my mother used a bamboo duster to remove dust from the ceiling.