thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
conductor's stick; conductor's baton
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
fire hook; poker; slice bar
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
(spring) tension rod; tension pole
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
waving a stick; conductor (orchestra, etc.); (arch.) Edo policeman
shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles); thills; tiller; yoke
wooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long; shoulder pole
front palanquin bearer; flunky; cat's-paw; tool
bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
vertical line; vertical bar; upright; note stem (music)
stick figure; stick person
(e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen
cancellation; writing off (a debt); indicating a long sound in kana; tug o' war; tug of war
scoring stick; counter; chip
bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
glowstick; neon light stick
rear carrier of a palanquin
round bar (of metal, etc.)
bad things happen to those who attempt things; (lit.) if a dog walks they will hit a stick; good luck may come unexpectedly
simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler; sniveller
end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.); end of a palanquin carrying pole; palanquin bearer
severe attack; bitter (harsh) criticism; stick used to strike inattentive Zen meditators
carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)
wooden stick; wooden pole
candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy
flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another
rolling pin; extension bar; katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
(nuclear reactor's) fuel rod
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
pogo sisters; women who have had sex with the same man
rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles; hurry; haste; comparison to someone making horse chestnut noodles which requires great haste
ramrod; rammer; ram; (cattle) prod; goad
sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshogatsu ceremonies
pole climbing (gymnastics)
flail (for threshing grain)
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha
fireman's pole; sliding pole; slide guide; slide bar
inubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)
person missing at least one hand
person missing at least one hand
stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism
gutweed (Ulva intestinalis); grass kelp
indiscriminate learning by heart
metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
pole used to hand things up a ladder
nuclear fuel rod; nuclear rod
wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayuura divination
(lit.) a starved dog does not fear the rod
hex key; hexagonal wrench key; Allen key (TM); Allen wrench (TM)
stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession)