How to say "baton" in Japanese

• バトンCommon
  nounThe baton of relay racing and orchestral conducting: the implement passed from runner to runner, or the one a conductor beats time with. This is the specific implement, not a stick in general.
  私はいまだに高たかく上あげたバトンをうまくキャッチできない。↗

  I am still clumsy catching batons thrown high up.
• 棒ぼうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a pole, rod or stick. Its 'baton' sense treats the object simply as a stick, so for the relay or conductor's baton バトン is the word you want.
  この棒ぼうは先さきがとがっている。↗

  This pole is sharp at the end.

For the baton of relay racing or orchestral conducting, 「バトン」 is the word; 棒 is the general term for a pole, rod or stick, its 'baton' sense covering the object as a plain stick.

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• バトンbaton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
• 棒ぼうpole
• 采配さいはいbaton (of command)
• 采さいbaton (of command)
• 警棒けいぼう(police officer's) baton
• 指揮棒しきぼう(conductor's) baton
• タクト(conductor's) baton