Word Meaning お先棒

おさきぼう osakibou

お先棒 is read as おさきぼう (osakibou) and means flunky.

Meaning

English

  1. flunky
  2. cat's-paw
  3. tool
  4. person whose services are at the disposal of another

Reading

Kana

おさきぼう

Romaji

osakibou

Writing Variants

  • 御先棒 おさきぼう osakibou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 120928 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お先棒を担ぐ

おさきぼうをかつぐ

to be a willing cats-paw

先棒

さきぼう

front palanquin bearer

棒先

ぼうさき

end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)

泥棒

どろぼう

theft

ぼう

spoken monotonously

鉄棒

てつぼう

horizontal bar (gymnastics)

相棒

あいぼう

partner

用心棒

ようじんぼう

stick or pole used for self-defence

平行棒

へいこうぼう

parallel bars

警棒

けいぼう

(police officer's) baton

綿棒

めんぼう

cotton swab