Play word 金明竹 金明竹 きんめいちく Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambsoides)
Play word 支那竹 支那竹 しなちく bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
Play word 打ち竹 打ち竹 うちたけ antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)
Play word 竹とんぼ 竹とんぼ たけとんぼ small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
Play word 竹取翁の物語 竹取翁の物語 たけとりのおきなのものがたり Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
Play word 竹槍戦術 竹槍戦術 たけやりせんじゅつ tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons
Play word 竹島問題 竹島問題 たけしまもんだい Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)