笹

ささ

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

根笹

ねざさ

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

笹舟

ささぶね

toy bamboo-leaf boat

熊笹

くまざさ クマザサ

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

笹竹

ささたけ

small bamboo

笹藪

thicket of bamboo grass

雪笹

ゆきざさ ユキザサ

Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)

福笹

ふくざさ

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

篠笹

しのざさ

bamboo grass, bamboo

笹掻き

ささがき

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

笹寿司

ささずし

sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

笹がき

ささがき

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

笹蜘蛛

ささぐも ササグモ

Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)

笹百合

Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)

東根笹

あずまねざさ アズマネザサ

Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

竹笹堂

たけざさどう

Takezasado

笹団扇

ささうちわ

Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)

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)