側杖

傍杖、 そば杖

Reading

Kana: そばづえ

Romaji: sobazue

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.