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A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.

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Source Word

ferule

IPA(Pronunciation)

A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.

Japanese Meaning

悪さをした子供のしつけに用いられる、定規のような形状の器具（手を平手打ちするための道具）

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When the student refused to stop whispering, the teacher tapped his hand with a ferule.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

生徒がささやきをやめなかったので、教師は体罰に使う定規でその生徒の手を軽くたたいた。

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A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.

He [a midshipman] lords it over those below him, while lorded over himself by his superiors. It is as if with one hand a school-boy snapped his fingers at a dog, and at the same time received upon the other the discipline of the usher's ferule.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ferules

（ plural ）

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