thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
patience; endurance; perseverance
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; 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) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
fire hook; poker; slice bar
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
(spring) tension rod; tension pole
carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
waving a stick; conductor (orchestra, etc.); (arch.) Edo policeman
6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.); carrying pole; shoulder pole
shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles); thills; tiller; yoke
vertical line; vertical bar; upright; note stem (music)
bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; cancellation (of a debt); writing off; indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark; long-vowel mark
stick figure; stick person
scoring stick; counter; chip
front palanquin bearer; flunky; cat's-paw; tool
bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
glowstick; neon light stick
rear carrier of a palanquin
round bar (of metal, etc.)
rolling pin; slapstick (comedy)
long squared wooden poles used as weapons by student protesters
wooden stick; wooden pole
phallus-shaped stone rod (from the Jōmon period)
simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler; two-sworded samurai
end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.); end of a palanquin carrying pole; palanquin bearer
rīchi bet; scoring stick wagered and placed in the center of the game table by a player after declaring rīchi
carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)
(nuclear reactor's) fuel rod
candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy
severe attack; bitter (harsh) criticism; stick used to strike inattentive Zen meditators
flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another
rolling pin; extension bar; katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
rod used for corporal punishment in the army and navy
dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)
purification wand with paper streamers used in rites
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
ramrod; rammer; ram; (cattle) prod; goad
pogo sisters; women who have had sex with the same man
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha
pole climbing (gymnastics)
Umaibo (small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack) (trademark)
flail (for threshing grain)
sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies
fireman's pole; sliding pole; slide guide; slide bar
inubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)
(railway) crossing bar; toll bar; boom barrier
person missing at least one hand
person missing at least one hand
stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism
rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles; hurry; haste; comparison to someone making horse chestnut noodles which requires great haste
churn dasher; milk agitator
fire blowpipe; blowpipe used to stimulate a fire
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)