ぼうびき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼうびき – see the following entry.

【棒引き】 [noun] drawing a straight line [noun] writing off, cancelling out (debt) [noun] Synonym of 長音符 (chōonpu, “long-vowel mark”) [verb] to draw a straight line [verb] to write off, to cancel out (debt)

(This term, ぼうびき, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)