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- ぼう
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・rod
・stick
・cane
・pole
・club
・line
Japanese dictionary
ぼう
pole; rod; stick; baton
Example sentence
This pole is sharp at the end.
Kanji details
・rod
・stick
・cane
・pole
・club
・line
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ぼうだち
standing upright;standing bolt upright;rearing
ぼう
line;dash
ぼう
spoken monotonously
ぼうじょう
cylinder or rod-shaped
ぼうびき
drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.);striking out;crossing out
ぼうたかとび
pole vault
ぼうよみ
reading in a monotone;stiff delivery;wooden delivery
ぼうびき
cancellation (of a debt);writing off
ぼうよみ
reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
ぼうびき
indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark;long-vowel mark
ぼうびき
tug of war played with a pole
ぼうグラフ
bar graph;bar chart
ぼうだま
powerless straight ball
ぼうでなぐる
to hit with a club
ぼてふり
Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street
ぼうにふる
to waste;to sacrifice;to spoil;to ruin;to lose;to forfeit;to throw away
バンバンジー
bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
ぼうつき
on a stick
ぼうじま
stripes
ぼうちゃ
twig tea;stem tea;kukicha
ぼうあんき
indiscriminate learning by heart
ぼうほどねがってはりほどかなう
you can't always get what you want;man plans and God laughs;things don't always turn out the way you hope
ぼうあおのり
gutweed (Ulva intestinalis);grass kelp
ぼうべに
lipstick
ぼうのぼり
pole climbing (gymnastics)
ぼううずまきぎんが
barred spiral galaxy
ぼうおんどけい
bar thermometer
ぼうばり
knitting needle
ぼうせん
straight line
ぼうにんげん
stick figure;stick person
ぼうあめ
candy stick;stick candy;candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop);cylindrical candy
ぼうぐみ
galley setting
ぼうキャンディ
candy stick;lollipop
ぼうふり
waving a stick
ぼうじゅつ
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
ぼうつきキャンディー
lollipop
ぼうざとう
sugarloaf
ぼうぐい
stake;pile
ぼうじしゃく
bar magnet
ぼうたおし
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
ぼうじょうぶんし
rod-like molecule
ぼうきれ
stick;piece of wood;billet;piece of a broken pole
ぼうさき
end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)
ぼうだら
dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)
ぼううま
hobby horse
ぼうこう
steel rod
ぼうをひく
to draw a line
ぼうしまい
pogo sisters
ぼうふり
conductor (orchestra, etc.)