たけ

See also: だけ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たけ – see the following entries.

【竹】1 [noun] bamboo [noun] (nyōbō kotoba) a bamboo shoot [noun] a wind instrument made using bamboo [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) consisting of a bird on a bamboo tree and various bamboo rings [noun] (slang) a maidservant (due to being used as the stock name for a maidservant in novels of the early modern era) [noun] the middle of a 3-tier ranking system Alternative spelling タケ

【丈】S [noun] height Alternative spelling 長

【岳】S [noun] a tall mountain [noun] a mountain peak [suffix] mount, mountain Alternative spelling だけ

【茸】J [noun] (chiefly Kansai or in compounds) a mushroom [noun] (colloquial) the flesh of an animal Alternative spelling タケ

(This term, たけ (take), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as たけ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たけ.)