笹

ささ

bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

笹舟

ささぶね

toy bamboo-leaf boat

笹竹

ささたけ

small bamboo

根笹

ねざさ

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

笹藪

thicket of bamboo grass

雪笹

ゆきざさ ユキザサ

Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)

篠笹

しのざさ

bamboo grass, bamboo

福笹

ふくざさ

lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)

熊笹

くまざさ クマザサ

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo

笹がき

ささがき

cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings

笹百合

Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)

笹寿司

ささずし

sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

竹笹堂

たけざさどう

Takezasado

笹蜘蛛

ささぐも ササグモ

Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)

笹掻き

ささがき

cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

笹団扇

ささうちわ

Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)

東根笹

あずまねざさ アズマネザサ

Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

笹葉銀蘭

ささばぎんらん

Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)

笹牛の舌

ささうしのした ササウシノシタ

bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)