幹事[kanji] executive secretary
幹事会[kanjikai] board of governors
幹事長[kanjichou] chief secretary (usu. of a party)
幹線[kansen] main line
幹線道路[kansendouro] main road

幹竹割り[karatakewari] cutting straight down
幹部[kanbu] management
幹部会[kanbukai] board of directors
幹流[kanryuu] main current
幹理[kanri] superintendence

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