苦にが竹たけ

noun

Japanese timber bamboo; madake

Phyllostachys bambusoides; a large bamboo species used for construction and crafts. Often contrasted with 真竹 (マダケ).

See also: 真竹

• 苦にが竹たけは建けん築ちく材ざいとしてよく使つかわれる。

  Madake is often used as a construction material.

noun

Simon bamboo

Only with reading にがたけ

Pleioblastus simonii; a smaller bamboo species. This sense is restricted to the reading にがたけ. Often contrasted with 女竹 (メダケ).

See also: メダケ

• にがたけと読よむ苦にが竹たけは、女め竹だけに似にた小こ型がたの竹たけを指さすこともある。

  When read as にがたけ, 苦竹 can also refer to a small bamboo similar to 女竹.