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女竹

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
たけ > だけ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
雌竹
 メダケ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From () (me, female) + (たけ) (take, bamboo). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(だけ) or 女竹(メダケ) (medake

  1. Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN