The Japanese word for pole is
電柱
でんちゅう - denchuu電-electricity (den), 柱-column; post, long pole protruding from the ground (chu)
Japanese Definition
| pole | |
| 1. 名詞. 棒。 | |
| 2. 名詞. さお。 | |
| 3. 名詞. マスト。帆柱。 | |
| 4. 名詞. 極。 |
Translations for pole and their definitions
| 棒 | |
| 1. n. a staff, measuring 6 (ll, ja, 尺, shaku) (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術 | |
| 2. n. (by extension) stick-like or long, cylindrical item: pointer, pole, rod, etc. | |
| 棒を持つ - to hold a pointer | |
| うまい棒 - Umaibō (a cylinder-shaped snack food) (a cylinder-shaped snack food) | |
| 棒のぼり - pole climbing (found in elementary schools to train the strength of students) | |
| 3. n. (by extension) a straight line; bar | |
| 4. n. (by extension) state of being in a "straight line"; continuous | |
| 5. n. taut leg muscles due to fatigue (rfv-sense, ja) | |
| 6. n. (Buddhism) staff used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism |
| 極 | |
| 1. adv. very, extremely | |
| ごく稀に - very rarely; seldom | |
| ごく普通 - very ordinary | |
| ごく限られた人 - a very limited group of people | |
| 2. adv. Usage: This word is usually written in hiragana. | |
| 3. n. extreme, extremity, height, zenith | |
| 疲労困憊の極に達する - to reach the highest level of fatigue; to become extremely exhausted | |
| 4. n. (physics astronomy, geometry) pole |
| 竿 | |
| 1. counter. counter for poles | |
| 2. affix. a pole; a bamboo pole |
| ポーランド人 | |
| 1. n. a Polish person; Pole |
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