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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
bamboo grass;generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
パンダはささをえさにする。
Pandas feed on bamboo grass.
Other forms
篠 【ささ】 (rarely used kanji form) · 小竹 【ささ】 (rarely used kanji form)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
shoots of this plant
Other forms
篠 【すず】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
abbreviation
only applies to
しの
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
only applies to
しの
sliver (strand of loose fibers)
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expressions (phrasesGodan verb with 'ku' ending
to pour (of rain);to pound down
sometimes incorrectly used to mean "to fall quietly"
