割り竹[waridake] split bamboo
幹竹割り[karatakewari] cutting straight down
竿竹[saodake] bamboo pole
松竹梅[shouchikubai] pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)
真竹[madake] Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides)

竹蜻蛉[taketonbo] small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
竹のつえ[takenotsue] bamboo rod (stick, pole)
竹垣[takegaki] bamboo fence (hedge)
竹串[takegushi] bamboo skewer

竹藪[takeyabu] bamboo grove
八幡の不知藪[yawatanoyabushirazu] labyrinth
八幡知藪[yawatashirazu] labyrinth
藪をつついて蛇を出す[yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu] to stir up trouble for oneself
藪蛇[yabuhebi] unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself

藪医者[yabuisha] (medical) quack
藪睨み[yabunirami] squint
藪から棒に[yabukarabouni] unexpectedly
藪の中[yabunonaka] inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryuunosuke story "In A Grove")