Pointer

"Pointer" in Japanese

ポインタ

pointa

(computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

指し棒

sashibō

(anything that points or is used for pointing)

指し棒

sashibō

(teacher's pointer)

指針

shishin

(needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

教鞭

kyōben

(anything that points or is used for pointing)

文字さし

mojisashi

(anything that points or is used for pointing)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.