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Pole


Radical Combination


Meaning

Pole, Rod, Wooden Pole

Mnemonic

A tree in spring that's nice and dry will make a good pole or rod. Break it out of the ground and it's just flexible enough for tons of applications.

Use this pole to hang your towels or curtains. Ooh, use it to pole vault!


Reading

On'yomi

ぼう

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

After much deliberation, you decide to use this pole to go bowling (ぼう). You line up a few more poles for the pins, and roll a rock toward them.

You decide to name this super hard, pole bowling tree-pole-pin bowling. Even harder than candlepin. The thinnest, most extreme pole bowling of all time!


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