棒

pole

curt

thief

bodyguard

iron rod

partner

parallel bars

pole vault

cylinder or rod-shaped

(police officer's) baton

simpleton

stick figure

rod-like molecule

gossip

exaggeration

person missing at least one hand

pointer

to be a willing cats-paw

front palanquin bearer

flunky

end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)

shaft

stay bar

form of martial art using a short cane staff

to draw a line

exaggeration

wooden stick

batting

rolling pin

metal rod

rear carrier of a palanquin

pointer

pestle

bar (e.g. on a door)

phallus-shaped stone rod (from the Jōmon period)

Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street

log

scoring stick

galley setting

to walk one's legs off

to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time)

hex key

stick

round bar (of metal, etc.)

powerless straight ball

carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)

(gymnastics) uneven parallel bars

glowstick

bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)

bar thermometer

fire hook

on a stick

lollipop

(spring) tension rod

ramrod

barbed T-shaped weapon for catching thieves (Edo period)

don't trust strangers

knitting needle

metal rod

straight line

stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism

conductor's stick

selfie stick

to do something stupid

rod used for corporal punishment in the army and navy

control rod

kleptocracy

good batting

rolling pin

kleptocrat

indiscriminate learning by heart

bar set in a horizontal position

to take part in (usu. something bad)

taking part (in a crime)

gutweed (Ulva intestinalis)

bad things happen to those who attempt things

looter

to waste

waving a stick

nuclear fuel rod

pole used to hand things up a ladder

master thief

hobby horse

stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession)

cattle prod

(nuclear reactor's) fuel rod

100-point sticks deposited on the table after dealer win

(metal) bar

knitting needle

tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient)

metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

pole climbing (gymnastics)

climbing pole

freeloader

extendable baton

making something strong even stronger

clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.)

preaching burglar

magic staff

dick

underhand character

drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.)

twig tea

auto theft

front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people)

(work) shirker

bar magnet

carrying pole

severe attack

sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies

welding rod

inubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)

flower thief

bar graph

prop

matchstick

flail (for threshing grain)

piston rod

plain (e.g. face)

prop

rolling pin

selfie stick

candy stick

prong (of a buckle)

rīchi bet

Umaibo (small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack) (trademark)

jewel thief

rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive)

axial rod

it is no crime to steal flowers

pestle

throwing good money after bad

professional thievery

hopeless

lipstick

(railway) crossing bar

pencil sharpened at both ends

jūkenbō

fireman's pole

shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles)

steel rod

standing upright

barred spiral galaxy

vertical line

to hit with a club

sugarloaf

rustler

very tall person