Japanese transverse bamboo flute 篠笛 [しのぶえ] /(n) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)/ ------- 篠 [しの] /(n) (1) thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)/(2) (abbr) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)/(3) sliver (strand of loose fibers)/ |