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竿さお (sao)

rod, pole (e.g. for drying laundry)

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2
  • #14112 most frequent

Meaning

竿 (さお, sao) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “rod, pole (e.g. for drying laundry)”.

Example sentences 7

物干ものほし竿さおを買い換かいかえた

I bought a new laundry pole.

竿さおにシーツを全部ぜんぶ干ほしました。

I put all of the sheets to dry on the pole.

手応えを感じて急いで竿を引いた.

Feeling a tug on the line, I pulled the rod up quickly.

このようにして出来た物干し竿を補助具A、補助具Bを使って物干し台に安定させる。

The clothespole, which is manufactured in this way, is stabilized on a clothes-drying platform by means of the auxiliary implements A and B.

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