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

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