noun🔗Share棍棒, こん棒A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon."The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates."警備員は棍棒を不気味に振りかざし、収容者たちを見た。weaponitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share棍棒、こん棒Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another."The boss used the threat of firing people as a cudgel to get everyone to work overtime without pay. "上司は、誰もが無給で残業するように、人々を解雇するという脅しを棍棒として利用した。weaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share棍棒で殴るTo strike with a cudgel."The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters."警官は暴徒の真っただ中で棍棒で激しく殴られた。actionweaponmilitarypolicewarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share知恵を絞る, 頭を使うTo exercise (one's wits or brains)."I had to cudgel my brains to remember the answer to the history question. "歴史の問題の答えを思い出すために、知恵を絞らなければなりませんでした。mindactionphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
