箆

shaft (of an arrow; made of bamboo)

audacious; daring; bold; impudent; cheeky

throaty (voice); rough; deep; hoarse

spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet

(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

extreme; terrible; excessive

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

absurd; unreasonable; foolish

Derogatory

fool; idiot

wooden spatula

shoehorn

Buddhism

bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)

Word usually written using kana alone; Esp. しっぺ

striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

moose (Alces alces); elk

(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

rubber spatula

bamboo spatula

common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

starch spatula

spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)

returning tit for tat; retaliating

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

featureless; uneventful

Common noun

noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

Rare term

spatula; trowel