さお
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
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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 edit
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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, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN