教きょう鞭べんを執とる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

teach; take up teaching

Literally 'take up the teaching whip'; a formal or literary expression for becoming a teacher or engaging in teaching, especially at a school or university.

• 彼かれは大だい学がくで教きょう鞭べんを執とっている。

  He teaches at a university.

• 定てい年ねん後ごも高こう校こうで教きょう鞭べんをとり続つづけた。

  Even after retirement, he continued to teach at a high school.