笛ふえ竹たけ

noun

bamboo flute

A flute made of bamboo. The word can refer to traditional Japanese bamboo flutes such as the shakuhachi or shinobue, but is not limited to a specific type.

• 彼かれは笛ふえ竹たけを静しずかに吹ふき始はじめた。

  He began to play the bamboo flute quietly.

noun

bamboo for making flutes

Refers to bamboo material suitable for crafting flutes. This sense is less common in everyday conversation and may appear in contexts of traditional instrument making.

• 良りょう質しつな笛ふえ竹たけを探さがすのに山やまへ入はいった。

  He went into the mountains to look for good bamboo for making flutes.

noun

wind and string instruments

A rare, literary or archaic usage referring collectively to wind and string instruments. In modern Japanese, this meaning is usually expressed by other terms such as 管弦.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、笛ふえ竹たけが管かん弦げん楽がっ器き全ぜん般ぱんを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 笛竹 sometimes refers to wind and string instruments in general.