さお
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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| 竿 棹 桿 |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *sawo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- pole
- (euphemistic, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎
Derived terms
[edit]- 釣竿 (tsurizao, “fishing pole”)
- 黐竿 (mochizao)
Etymology 2
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| さ青 |
See 青 (ao, “blue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Classical Japanese, now literary) blue
- 1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees][2], Modern kanji and kana edition:
References
[edit]- ^ “竿・棹・桿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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