Nounpublic caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Nounceremonial weapon · ceremony

Nounkhakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff

Nounblow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to someone else's fight

Nounperson upon whom one relies

Nounresting one's chin in one's hands · brace (in construction); angle brace

Nounjōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff

Nounjōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff

NounJapanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo

Nounstaff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

Nounjanggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounstaff-shaped

Nounbrace (in construction); angle brace

Nounmace; (ceremonial) staff

Nounwand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

Nounwhite cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

Nounforked stick

Nouncrosier; crozier

Nounholy staff; sacred staff

Nountree branch used as a charm against evil

Nounball-and-mallet game played during New Year's celebrations

Nounbow used as a walking stick · length of a bow

Nounguard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard

Nouncrutch; crutches

Nounbamboo rod (stick, pole)

Nouncrutches

Nounpilgrim's staff

Nounyellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops

Nounmagic wand

Nounburning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

Nounflail with a retractable iron weight and chain

Nounguard of honour; honor guard

Nounswordstick; sword cane; loaded cane

NounBurmannia championii (species of flowering plant)

Nounmagic wand

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto walk with a cane

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto rest one's chin in one's hands

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto carry a cane

NounOrb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' endingto count on someone as the only support

Nounrod of Asclepius

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)don't be a burden to others; lean on your cane, but don't lean on others