[かわたけ, kawatake] (n) (1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (arch) (id) prostitute; the life of a prostitute
[だっさい, dassai] (n) arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc. (from the habit of otters to line a catch of fish on river bank)