棒

cattle prod

Derogatory

(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; salary thief

Product name

Umaibo (small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack) (trademark)

piston rod

Proverb

a starved dog does not fear the rod

Idiomatic expression

exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill

Idiomatic expression

the embers of a former relationship flare up again; old love blazes anew

Historical term

long squared wooden poles used as weapons by student protesters

Historical term

rod used for corporal punishment in the army and navy

rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive)

Rare term

flail (for threshing grain)

Rare term

bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)

Rare term; Sensitive

person missing at least one hand

Rare term

sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

Dated term

clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession)

Rare term; Idiomatic expression

to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick

Derogatory; Proverb

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise

Derogatory; Idiomatic expression

heavily made-up woman; flour-shop burglar

Rare term

intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole