秋田竿燈まつり

あきたかんとうまつり

Kanto Festival (Akita)

竿

さお かん

counter for poles, rods, etc.

一竿

いっかん

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

殻竿

からざお からさお

flail (for threshing grain)

竿頭

かんとう

top of a pole

竿秤

さおばかり

beam balance, steelyard

竹竿

たけざお

bamboo pole

釣竿

つりざお

fishing rod

旗竿

はたざお

flagstaff, flagpole

黐竿

もちざお

lime stick for catching insects

肉竿

にくざお

penis; cock

三竿

さんかん さんさお

broad daylight

燃燈仏

ねんとうぶつ

Du012bpankara Buddha

御神燈

ごしんとう ごじんとう

light used as a religious offering

燈籠鬢

とうろうびん

Edo period hair style with inflated hair at the sides, lantern sideburns

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

九蓮宝燈

チューレンポートー

nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit