竿さお
Meanings
Noun
1. rod; pole
2. neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen
esp. 棹
3. beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4. single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
5. penis
Counter
6. counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Kanji used
pole
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
women who have had sex with the same man; (lit.) pole sisters
flail (for threshing grain)