Refers to bamboo plants in general, including various species of the subfamily Bambusoideae. Common in everyday contexts.
Bamboo is growing in the garden.
Weave a basket from bamboo.
middle rank
Used in a traditional three-tier ranking system (e.g., 松竹梅, pine-bamboo-plum) where 竹 represents the middle tier. Often seen in restaurant menus, gift sets, or performance ratings.
This restaurant's course corresponds to the middle tier of the pine-bamboo-plum ranking.
The craftsman split bamboo to make a basket.
I made a flute out of bamboo.
I went with the middle-grade eel bento.
For rooted plants and clumps — garden plants, shrubs, seedlings.
Henon bamboo
bamboo sword; bamboo imitation sword · dull sword; blunt sword
bamboo work; bamboo ware
bamboo-copter; bamboo dragonfly toy
bamboo fence; bamboo hedge
stilts · hobby horse
cut bamboo
inner bamboo layer of a bow
split bamboo; bamboo slat · noisy bamboo baton (Edo period night watch)
Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China · descending vertical sword attack
outer bamboo layer of a bow
Simon bamboo
bamboo growing along a riverbank · Japanese timber bamboo; madake · Simon bamboo · prostitute; life of a prostitute
Japanese timber bamboo; madake · Henon bamboo
dried bamboo; white bamboo