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1. the hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.

(竹･トウ･サトウキビなどの)茎

any plant that produces canes.

stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets:

(いす･かごなどの材料の)竹, トウ(rattan); 〖形容詞的に〗竹［トウ］製の

e.g. as modifier : a cane coffee table.

short for sugar cane.

サトウキビ(sugar cane)

a flexible woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives:

e.g. raspberry canes.

2. a length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment:

杖（つえ）, ステッキ(walking stick)

e.g. tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required.

(the cane) a form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a cane:

〖the ～〗 (体罰として)むちで打つこと

e.g. wrong answers were rewarded by the cane.

verb with object

beat with a cane as a punishment.

«…の理由で» 〈子供など〉をむちで打つ «for»

caner noun

late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.