Illustration: An older woman negotiates a shallow step outside her neighborhood greengrocer. One hand grips the curved handle of a cane, its rubber tip firmly planted on the lower pavement as she shifts her weight forward. Her other hand holds a small bag of vegetables.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

杖つえ

tsue

cane, walking stick

Example sentences

杖つえは彼かれに何なにの役やくにも立たたなかった。
The stick didn’t help him any.
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老人ろうじんは杖つえをついていた。
The old man walked with a stick.
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彼かれはつえで体からだを支ささえた。
He supported himself with a stick.
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Kanji in 杖

杖staff; caneOnジョウKunつえ

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