Illustration: Beside a rural home's vegetable garden, a resident sorts freshly cut bamboo poles for plant supports. A small living clump rises immediately behind them, with smooth jointed culms and clusters of narrow leaves. The cut end of one pole clearly exposes its hollow interior and thick outer wall.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

竹たけ

take

bamboo

Example sentences

  1. 林はやしに竹たけが目立めだつ。

    Bamboo stands out in the woods.

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  2. 竹たけは風かぜでたわむ。

    Bamboo bends before the wind.

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  3. 庭にわに竹たけが生はえている。

    There’s bamboo growing in the garden.

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Kanji in 竹

  • 竹bambooOnチクKunたけ

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