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側杖

傍杖、 そば杖

Reading

Kana: そばづえ
Romaji: sobazue
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

Kanji

側
Readings: ソク、 かわ、 がわ、 そば
Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret
杖
Readings: ジョウ、 つえ
Meanings: staff, cane
傍
Readings: ボウ、 かたわ.ら、 わき、 おか-、 はた、 そば
Meanings: bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person

Example Sentence

喧嘩(けんか)のそば杖(つえ)を食(く)った。
➥I got involved in other people's quarrel.
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