ばう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ばう – see the following entry.

【棒ぼう】6

[noun] a staff, measuring 6 shaku (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術 (bōjutsu)

[noun] (by extension) stick-like or long, cylindrical item: pointer, pole, rod, etc.

[noun] (by extension) a straight line; bar

[noun] (by extension) state of being in a "straight line"; continuous

[noun] taut leg muscles due to fatigue (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[noun] (Buddhism) staff used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism

(This term, ばう, is a historical hiragana spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.
For a list of all kanji read as ばう, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ばう.)