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
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 棒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —こそこそ泥棒sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
- —泥棒に追い銭throwing good money after bad
- —六角棒スパナhex key; hexagonal wrench key; Allen key (TM); Allen wrench (TM)
- —棒キャンディcandy stick; lollipop
- —泥田を棒で打つto do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick
- —鋳掛け屋の天秤棒intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole
- —棒付きキャンディーlollipop
- —犬も歩けば棒に当たるbad things happen to those who attempt things; if a dog walks they will hit a stick; good luck may come unexpectedly
- —嘘つきは泥棒の始まりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- —人を見たら泥棒と思えdon't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people)
- —花泥棒は罪にならないit is no crime to steal flowers
- —箸にも棒にもかからないhopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible
- —泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う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
- —棒ほど願って針ほど叶うyou can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope
- —飢えたる犬は棒を恐れずa starved dog does not fear the rod
- —針ほどのことを棒ほどに言うexaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
- —箸にも棒にも引っかからないhopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible
- —辛棒patience; endurance; perseverance
- —合棒partner; pal; accomplice
- —編棒knitting needle