partner

thief ②theft

pole ②line ③spoken monotonously

bodyguard ②bar (on a door) ③stick or pole used for self-defense

powerless straight ball

thieving cat ②adulterer

iron rod ②horizontal bar (gymnastics)

metal rod ②iron club

scoring stick

front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people)

master thief

reading in a monotone ②reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

standing upright

stick

jewel thief

cotton swab

conductor's stick

bolt from the blue

(police officer's) baton

cylinder or rod-shaped

Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street