N2147/1725

竹たけ

nounnoun (generic)

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たけ

Meanings

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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Example sentences

竹たけは成長せいちょうが非常ひじょうに速はやく、一日いちにちで数十すうじゅうセンチも伸のびることがある。

Bamboo grows extremely fast and can grow several tens of centimeters in a single day.

この職人しょくにんは竹たけを使つかって美うつくしい籠かごを編あんでいる。

This craftsman weaves beautiful baskets using bamboo.

京都きょうとの嵐山あらしやまでは竹林たけばやしの中なかを歩あるくことができる。

In Arashiyama, Kyoto, you can walk through a bamboo grove.

竹たけでできた箸はしは軽かるくて丈夫じょうぶなので、多おおくの人ひとに好このまれている。

Chopsticks made from bamboo are lightweight and sturdy, so they are favored by many people.

昔むかしの人々ひとびとは竹たけを建材けんざいや生活せいかつ道具どうぐとして幅広はばひろく活用かつようしていた。

People in the past made wide use of bamboo as a building material and everyday tool.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)