ちくば

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちくば – see the following entry.

【竹馬たけうま】 [noun] (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on) [noun] bamboo stilts (walking pole) [noun] walking on bamboo stilts 【竹馬】 [noun] Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, “childhood”) (time when one is a child)

(This term, ちくば (chikuba), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)