Illustration: In the entrance to a Japanese house’s small garden, a dog proudly carries a long, straight wooden stick crosswise in its mouth. Both ends have caught against the gateposts, leaving the dog standing puzzled with its tail still raised.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

棒ぼう

bou

stick, pole

Example sentences

この棒ぼうは先さきがとがっている。
This pole is sharp at the end.
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犬いぬは棒ぼうの匂においを嗅かいでいた。
The dog was sniffing a stick.
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彼かれは犬いぬを棒ぼうでたたいた。
He beat the dog with a stick.
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Kanji in 棒

棒rod; stickOnボウ

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