棒

Meaning

棒 centers on a long, rigid, cylindrical object: a rod, stick, pole, or cane. The club and line senses are natural extensions of that same straight, elongated shape.

• 棒ぼう
  N3

  pole; rod; stick; baton

• 相棒あいぼう

  partner; pal; accomplice

• 泥棒どろぼう
  N4

  thief; burglar; robber

• 用心棒ようじんぼう

  bodyguard; bouncer; (security) guard

• 棒読みぼうよみ

  reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery

• 綿棒めんぼう

  cotton swab

• 棍棒こんぼう

  stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

• 鉄棒てつぼう
  N1

  iron rod; iron bar; iron club

• 棒状ぼうじょう

  cylinder or rod-shaped

• 警棒けいぼう

  (police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club

• 棒立ちぼうだち

  standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

• ぶっきら棒ぶっきらぼう
  N1

  curt; blunt; brusque

• 片棒かたぼう

  front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin

• 金棒かなぼう
  N1

  metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar

• 棒高跳びぼうたかとび

  pole vault

• 指揮棒しきぼう

  (conductor's) baton; stick

• 棒引きぼうびき

  drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; crossing out

• 棒々鶏バンバンジー

  bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)

• 棒グラフぼうグラフ

  bar graph; bar chart

• 麺棒めんぼう

  rolling pin

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