[からたけ;カラタケ, karatake ; karatake](n) (1) (uk) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (See 淡竹) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)[Add to Longdo]
[かわたけ, kawatake](n) (1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (arch) (id) prostitute; the life of a prostitute[Add to Longdo]