Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to pole (a boat), to punt (a boat).
  2. to swim with (the tide), to go with (the flow, the times, etc.).
  3. to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
棹さす さおさす
 
棹差す さおさす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pole a boat
さお トウ タク (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
eminent, table, desk
タク すぐる たか (8th, N1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)