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    3. 竹

    竹

    竹たけ

    bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

    N2KMT4News #4+1CoreNounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab6 strokes

    たけタケ

    Noun

    1.
    bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
    2.
    middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    庭にわに竹たけが生はえています。

    Bamboo is growing in the garden.

    KMT3Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    パンダは竹たけを食たべるのが好すきです。

    Pandas like to eat bamboo.

    KMT4AnimalsNature & Environment
    竹ちく林りんの中なかを散さん歩ぽするのは気き持もちがいいです。

    It feels good to walk through a bamboo forest.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな家か屋おくには、竹たけが建けん材ざいとして使つかわれることがあります。

    In traditional Japanese houses, bamboo is sometimes used as a building material.

    KMT5Nature & EnvironmentCulture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    七たな夕ばた祭まつりでは、願ねがい事ごとを書かいた短たん冊ざくを竹たけに飾かざります。

    At the Tanabata festival, people decorate bamboo with strips of paper on which they've written wishes.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    竹
    たけ…(2)
    bamboo
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