竿

Meaning

竿 centers on a long, slender, rigid object used for support, measurement, or as a structural part: a pole, rod, scale beam, or the neck of a violin.

• 竿さお
  N1

  rod; pole

• 釣竿つりざお

  fishing rod

• 旗竿はたざお

  flagstaff; flagpole

• のべ竿のべざお

  fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides)

• 一竿いっかん

  one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod

• 三竿さんかん

  broad daylight

• 殻竿からざお

  flail (for threshing grain)

• 物干し竿ものほしざお

  pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

• 百尺竿頭ひゃくせきかんとう

  the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain

• 秋田竿燈まつりあきたかんとうまつり

  Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)

• 竹竿たけざお

  bamboo pole

• 竿かん

  counter for poles, rods, etc.

• 竿姉妹さおしまい

  women who have had sex with the same man; pole sisters

• 竿役さおやく

  character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role

• 竿燈かんとう

  Kanto Festival (Akita)

• 竿秤さおばかり

  beam balance; steelyard

• 竿頭かんとう

  top of a pole

• 継ぎ竿つぎざお

  a jointed fishing rod

• 肉竿にくざお

  penis; cock

• 鳥刺し竿とりさしざお

  birdlime-covered pole

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