ステッキ

Japanese

ステッキ (sutekki): various walking sticks.

ステッキ (sutekki): a composing stick used in typesetting.

Etymology

Borrowed from English stick.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ステッキ [sùtéꜜkkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝte̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

ステッキ • (sutekki)

a Western-style cane or walking stick
(fantasy) a wand
魔(ま)法(ほう)のステッキ ― mahō no sutekki ― magic wand
(printing) a composing stick: a tool used in typesetting to compose a text using movable type, before moving the text to the galley for printing

Related terms

スティック (sutikku): a stick, such as lipstick or a hockey stick

See also

杖(つえ) (tsue): a cane, a walking stick

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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