Words using 竿

• 竿 さお — rod
• さお竹 さおだけ — bamboo pole
• 三竿 さんかん — broad daylight
• 黐竿 もちざお — lime stick for catching insects
• 釣竿 つりざお — fishing rod
• 竹竿 たけざお — bamboo pole
• 物干し竿 ものほしざお — pole on which to hang laundry for drying
• 旗竿 はたざお — flagstaff
• 竿頭 かんとう — top of a pole
• 継ぎ竿 つぎざお — a jointed fishing rod
• 殻竿 からざお — flail (for threshing grain)
• 竿秤 さおばかり — beam balance
• 百尺竿頭 ひゃくせきかんとう — the highest state of one's enlightenment
• 秋田竿燈まつり あきたかんとうまつり — Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
• 竿 かん — counter for poles, rods, etc.
• 一竿 いっかん — one pole (esp. used for fishing poles)
• 鳥刺し竿 とりさしざお — birdlime-covered pole
• 棹立ち さおだち — bolting upright
• 竿燈 かんとう — Kanto Festival (Akita)
• 竿姉妹 さおしまい — women who have had sex with the same man
• 簡牘 かんどく — letter
• 肉竿 にくざお — penis
• のべ竿 のべざお — fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides)
• 竿役 さおやく — character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role