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

おけさ節[okesabushi] style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
双節棍[nunchaku] nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks)
一音節[ichionsetsu] monosyllable
一節切り[hitoyogiri] one-jointed bamboo musical instrument
音節[onsetsu] syllable

鰹節[katsubushi] katsuobushi
環節[kansetsu] segment (of worm)
関節[kansetsu] joints (knee joint, elbow joint, etc.)
関節リューマチ[kansetsuryuumachi] rheumatoid arthritis
関節炎[kansetsuen] arthritis

ランブル鞭毛虫[ranburubenmouchuu] giardia (flagellate protozoan)
ランブル鞭毛虫症[ranburubenmouchuushou] giardiasis
いも虫[imomushi] hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫[ekichuu] useful insect
円虫類[enchuurui] round worms

夏虫[natsumushi] summer insect
蛔虫[kaichuu] roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
害虫[gaichuu] harmful insect
鈎虫[kouchuu] hookworm
寄生虫[kiseichuu] parasite