木棒 （キボウ） wooden stick, wooden pole

矛 （ほこ） long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

矛先 （ほこさき） point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge

銅矛 （どうほこ） bronze hoko, bronze halberd, bronze spearhead

鯱 （しゃちほこ） shachihoko, shachi, mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)