さお

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
竿

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さお [sàóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠o̞]

Noun

さお • (sao) ^{←さを (sawo)^?}

pole
(euphemistic, vulgar) penis
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎

Derived terms

釣(つり)竿(ざお) (tsurizao, “fishing pole”)
黐(もち)竿(ざお) (mochizao)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
さ青

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠o̞]

Noun

さお • (sao) ^{←さを (sawo)^?}

(Classical Japanese, now literary) blue
- 1928, 梶井基次郎(かじいもとじろう) [Kajii Motojirō], 桜(さくら)の樹(き)の下(した)には (Sakura no ki no shita ni wa) [Under the cherry trees]‎, 新字新仮名 edition:
  
  白(しろ)い日(にっ)光(こう)をさ青(お)に煙(けむ)らせている木(き)の若(わか)芽(め)
  shiroi nikkō o sao ni kemuraseteiru ki no wakame
  (please add an English translation of this example)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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