筍たけのこTop 30000MeaningsNoun1. bamboo shoot (Usually kana)2. young, inexperienced doctor (Usually kana, Abbreviation)Other spellings竹たけの子こ21%Kanji used筍bamboo shootKanji in other spellings竹bamboo子childPitch accentたけのこUsed in vocabulary竹たけの子こ生せい活かつselling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)Noun筍たけのこ医い者しゃyoung, inexperienced doctorNounタケノコ継つぎ手てbarb fitting; barbed tubing connectionNoun竹たけの子こ族ぞくTakenoko Tribe; teenagers who dressed flamboyantly and danced in Harajuku, Tokyo, from the late 1970s to the mid 1980sExpression