笹 - bamboo grass, (kokuji)

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

Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)

sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)

Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)

wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius)

striated heron (Butorides striata); green-backed heron

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

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

small bamboo

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)