教きょう鞭べん

noun

teacher's pointer; teacher's cane

Primarily used in the set phrase 教鞭をとる (to teach, to take up a teaching post). The literal object is rarely referred to outside this expression.

See also: 教鞭を執る

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、大だい学がくで教きょう鞭べんをとってきた。

  He has taught at the university for many years.

• 来らい年ねんから高こう校こうで教きょう鞭べんをとる予よ定ていだ。

  I plan to take up a teaching position at a high school next year.