This is the 10150th most frequent Japanese word.
野竹
Wild bamboo.
Here, '野竹' refers to wild bamboo as a type of plant growing naturally.
庭には美しい野竹が薄黄色の葉を揺らしていました。
In the garden, beautiful wild bamboos swayed their pale yellow leaves.
In this sentence, '野竹' describes a setting dominated by wild bamboo plants.
野竹の密林を抜けると、美しい清流が現れました。
Passing through the dense forest of wild bamboo, a beautiful clear stream appeared.
'野竹' is used here metaphorically to signify nature's delicate beauty as a poetic theme.