棹

Common noun

rod; pole

Common noun; Esp. 棹

neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen

Common noun

beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

Common noun

single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)

Slang; Common noun

penis

Counter

counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)

boatmen's song

bolting upright; rearing up (horse)

to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat)

to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.)

to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)

Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

Abbreviation

saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

bamboo pole

shamisen with a thick neck

flail (for threshing grain)

shamisen with a thin neck

beam balance; steelyard

shamisen with a medium-sized neck