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竿: pole

pole; rod
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Readings

On
カン
Kun
さお

Read さお, voiced after another word: 釣り竿, 物干し竿, 旗竿. The on-reading カン is rare (竿頭, 竿燈).

Key words

竿さおpole; rod
釣り竿つりざおfishing rod
物干し竿ものほしざおlaundry pole
旗竿はたざおflagpole
竿燈かんとうAkita lantern festival pole

Example sentences

I bought a new fishing rod to go to the sea with my dad.

In the morning, I hung the laundry on the drying pole.

On a summer night, the swaying lanterns of the kanto looked like ears of rice made of light.

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