藪

やぶ ヤブ

thicket, bush, grove, scrub

笹

ささ

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

草藪

くさやぶ

thicket, bush, clump of bushes

藪椿

wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia

藪沢

wetland with abundant vegetation

藪雨

やぶさめ

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

藪犬

やぶいぬ ヤブイヌ

bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

藪医

やぶい

(medical) quack

藪虱

やぶじらみ ヤブジラミ

erect hedge parsley (Torilis japonica), Japanese hedge parsley, upright hedge parsley

藪蘭

やぶらん

big blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari); lilyturf; liriope; border grass; monkey grass

藪ワラビー

やぶワラビー

pademelon, paddymelon

藪巻

やぶまき

woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

根笹

ねざさ

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

笹原

ささはら ささわら

field of bamboo grass

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

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)