ぶっきら棒[bukkirabou] curt
警棒[keibou] baton
健棒[kenbou] good batting
合い棒[aibou] companion
指揮棒[shikibou] conductor's stick

心棒[shinbou] shaft
辛棒[shinbou] patience
針小棒大[shinshouboudai] exaggeration
先棒[sakibou] front palanquin bearer
相棒[aibou] partner

竹藪[takeyabu] bamboo grove
八幡の不知藪[yawatanoyabushirazu] labyrinth
八幡知藪[yawatashirazu] labyrinth
藪をつついて蛇を出す[yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu] to stir up trouble for oneself
藪蛇[yabuhebi] unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself

藪医者[yabuisha] (medical) quack
藪睨み[yabunirami] squint
藪から棒に[yabukarabouni] unexpectedly
藪の中[yabunonaka] inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryuunosuke story "In A Grove")