Alternative spelling of 柵 (saku): bamboo/wooden fence; fortress; weir

Alternative spelling of 柵 (shigarami): a weir; a restraint, obstacle

to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

bamboo / the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

bamboo

(idiomatic, especially a child) to be on the verge of tears

Hsinchu

chords used in the playing of the shō, a Japanese mouth organ used in gagaku

an end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Japanese music, similar to the shakuhachi; hotchiku