Japanese

ステッキ (sutekki): various walking sticks.

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

Noun

ステッキ ‎(romaji sutekki)

1. a Western-style cane or walking stick
2. (fantasy, manga) a wand

   魔法 (まほう)のステッキ

   mahō no sutekki

   magic wand

3. (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

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9