軸じく木ぎ

noun

matchwood; splint; stick

Refers to a thin wooden stick or splint, especially the wooden part of a match or a small piece of wood used as a splint.

• マッチの軸じく木ぎが折おれてしまった。

  The matchstick broke.

• 骨こっ折せつした指ゆびに軸じく木ぎを当あてて固こ定ていした。

  I applied a splint to the broken finger to immobilize it.

noun

scroll roller

The wooden roller at the end of a hanging scroll (掛け軸) around which the scroll is rolled.

• 掛かけ軸じくの軸じく木ぎが傷いたんでいたので修しゅう理りに出だした。

  The scroll roller was damaged, so I sent it for repair.