| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 桟橋 | さんきょう, さんばし | wharf, bridge, jetty, pier |
| 桟敷 | さじき | reviewing stand, box, gallery |
| 桟 | かけはし | suspension bridge, viaduct, temporary bridge; mediation, go-between |
| 桟 | さん | frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece, bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder) |
| 桟 | えつり | sheathing (under thatched roofing); lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall); decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) |
| 桟道 | さんどう | plank road, corduroy |
| 天井桟敷 | てんじょうさじき | gallery |
| つんぼ桟敷 | つんぼさじき | being kept uninformed, being cut off, out of the loop; upper gallery (where one can't hear), blind seat |
| 聾桟敷 | つんぼさじき | being kept uninformed, being cut off, out of the loop; upper gallery (where one can't hear), blind seat |
| 浮き桟橋 | うきさんばし | floating pier |