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    3. 竿

    竿

    竿さお

    rod

    N1KMT10News #30+2CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab9 strokes

    棹

    さお

    Noun

    1.
    rod, pole
    2.
    neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen
    3.
    beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
    4.
    single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
    5.
    penis
    slang

    Counter

    6.
    counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)

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    釣つりに使 う竿さおを買かった。

    I bought a rod to use for fishing.

    KMT8Daily LifeSports & Martial Arts
    洗せん濯たく物ものを干ほすために物もの干ほし竿ざおを出だした。

    I put out the laundry pole to hang the laundry.

    KMT10Daily Life
    彼かれは長ながい竿さおを使つかって高たかい場ば所しょの柿かきを採とった。

    He used a long pole to pick persimmons from a high place.

    KMT10Daily Life
    庭にわに物もの干ほし竿ざおを設せっ置ちして、布ふ団とんを干ほした。

    I installed a laundry pole in the garden and hung out the futon.

    KMT10Daily LifeHome & Housing
    釣つりの竿さおを手てに、彼かれは静しずかに魚さかなを待まった。

    With a fishing rod in hand, he quietly waited for fish.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    竿
    さお…(1)
    pole・rod・scale beam・violin neck
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