ばち【撥】
bachi
1. plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick
2. drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong)
Noun
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brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum
1. plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick
2. drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong)
1. to flatly refuse; to reject
1. taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off
1. syllabic nasal (in Japanese)
1. oil repellency
1. engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)
1. Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)
1. pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)
1. to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback
1. pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)