Kanji1 / 12
棒 kanji
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ボウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 棒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鋳掛屋の天秤棒intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole
- —棒キャンディーcandy stick; lollipop
- —棒付きキャンディlollipop
- —棒付きキャンデーlollipop
- —犬も歩けば棒に当るbad things happen to those who attempt things; if a dog walks they will hit a stick; good luck may come unexpectedly
- —嘘吐きは泥棒の始まりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- —箸にも棒にも掛からないhopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible
- —犬もあるけば棒に当たるbad things happen to those who attempt things; if a dog walks they will hit a stick; good luck may come unexpectedly
- —うそつきは泥棒の始まりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- —嘘つきは泥棒のはじまりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- —泥棒を捕らえて縄をなうstarting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
- —箸にも棒にも引っ掛からないhopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible
- —箸にも棒にもひっかからないhopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible