しょうちくばい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうちくばい – see the following entry.

【松竹梅】 [noun] the pine, bamboo, and plum as a set; the three auspicious symbols of the Japanese New Year [noun] a three-rank system based on grades or classes of certain items [proper noun] name of a late-Edo period 箏曲 (sōkyoku, “koto song”) [proper noun] name of various 長唄 (nagauta) [proper noun] name of a 河東節 (katō-bushi) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [proper noun] name of a rakugo [proper noun] name of a brand of sake (branded as “Sho Chiku Bai” in English)

(This term, しょうちくばい (shōchikubai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)