武士は食わねど高楊枝

ぶしはくわねどたかようじ

the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!

楊枝

ようじ

toothpick, skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

房楊枝

ふさようじ

tufted toothpick, Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

爪楊枝

つまようじ

toothpick

糸楊枝

いとようじ

dental floss

小楊枝

toothpick

高楊子

たかようじ こうようこ

leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick

歯磨き楊枝

toothbrush

割箸/楊枝/調理用糸

わりばし/ようじ/ちょうりよういと

Chopsticks for breaking apart, toothpicks, cooking thread.

楊弓

ようきゅう あげゆみ

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

黄楊

つげ ツゲ

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica), Japanese boxwood

垂楊

すいよう

weeping willow

枝

えだ し

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

犬黄楊

いぬつげ イヌツゲ

Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)

楊弓場

ようきゅうば

archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)

胡楊樹

こようじゅ

Hu poplar, Populus euphratica

楊弓店

ようきゅうてん

toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)

楊心流

ようしんりゅう

Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period

楊梅瘡

ようばいそう

syphillis