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71 words found beginning with '竹'
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noun, expression
childhood friend; old playmate
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noun
bamboo thicket
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noun
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick  (martial arts term)
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noun
(walk on) stilts; bamboo horse
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Most common form: たけのこ
noun
1. bamboo shoot  (often written with kana only)
2. inexperienced doctor; quack  (see also: 筍医者; abbreviation; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading たけのこ)
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noun
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
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noun
bamboo wife; Dutch wife
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noun
bamboo work
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noun
ricebean (Vigna umbellata)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo  (mahjong term)
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