しょうちくばい

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうちくばい – see the following entry.
松竹梅
[noun] the pine, bamboo, and plum as a set; the three auspicious symbols of the Japanese New Year
[noun] a three-rank system based on grades or classes of certain items
[proper noun] name of a late-Edo period 箏曲 (sōkyoku, koto song)
[proper noun] name of various 長唄 (nagauta)
[proper noun] name of a 河東節 (katō-bushi) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
[proper noun] name of a rakugo
[proper noun] name of a brand of sake (branded as “Sho Chiku Bai” in English)
(This term, しょうちくばい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)