bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

field of bamboo grass

toy bamboo-leaf boat

cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings, shaving into slivers...

chicken tender, chicken tenderloin

small bamboo

spider, spider silk

thicket of bamboo grass

thicket of bamboo grass

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo

cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings, shaving into slivers...

cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings, shaving into slivers...

bamboo grass, bamboo

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)

Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)

twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter), tiny twittering

Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)

Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)

sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)

Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)

Takezasado

short bamboo, small bamboo

short bamboo, small bamboo

Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)

Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)