竿

さお かん

counter for poles, rods, etc.

三竿

さんかん さんさお

broad daylight

黐竿

もちざお

lime stick for catching insects

殻竿

からざお からさお

flail (for threshing grain)

釣竿

つりざお

fishing rod

竿秤

さおばかり

beam balance, steelyard

竿頭

かんとう

top of a pole

一竿

いっかん

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

竿燈

かんとう

Kanto Festival (Akita)

旗竿

はたざお

flagstaff, flagpole

肉竿

にくざお

penis; cock

竹

たけ

bamboo

継ぎ竿

つぎざお つぎさお

a jointed fishing rod

のべ竿

のべざお

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

竿姉妹

さおしまい

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

物干し竿

ものほしざお ものほしさお

pole on which to hang laundry for drying, clothesline

百尺竿頭

ひゃくせきかんとう ひゃくしゃくかんとう

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

ロッド、釣り竿

ロッド、つりさお

Rod, fishing rod

鳥刺し竿

とりさしざお

birdlime-covered pole