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 a boat
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)