篠

しの しぬ

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)

笹

ささ

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

篠竹

すずたけ スズタケ しのだけ

bamboo grass, bamboo

篠原

field of bamboo grass

篠笛

しのぶえ

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

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

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)

篠突く

しのつく

to pour (of rain), to pound down

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)