| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 櫓 | やぐら | turret, watchtower; high wooden stage, scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); weapons storehouse |
| 櫓 | ろ | Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock) |
| 火の見櫓 | ひのみやぐら | fire lookout, watchtower |
| 物見櫓 | ものみやぐら | watchtower |
| 櫓太鼓 | やぐらだいこ | drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of sumo bouts, the sound produced by such drums |
| 櫓投げ | やぐらなげ | inner thigh throw (sumo) |
| 櫓杭 | ろぐい | fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) |
| 櫓臍 | ろべそ | fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) |
| 櫓櫂 | ろかい | sculls and paddles |