竿

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)

Counter

counter for poles, rods, etc.

top of a pole

Slang

women who have had sex with the same man; pole sisters

Kanto Festival (Akita)

street light

beam balance; steelyard

Slang

character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role

fishing rod

pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

Slang

penis; cock

bamboo pole

flagstaff; flagpole

Word usually written using kana alone

arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra); rock cress

bolting upright; rearing up (horse)

bamboo pole

the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain

one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod

broad daylight

fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides)

fishing rod made of a single piece of bamboo

one-piece shamisen neck

lime stick for catching insects

flail (for threshing grain)

a jointed fishing rod

Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)

birdlime-covered pole

letter; missive; note