柱

Meaning

柱 centers on a vertical structural element that holds something up: a pillar, post, or column. The cylinder sense comes from the typical shape of such supports.

• 柱はしら
  N1

  pillar; post

• 電柱でんちゅう
  N2

  utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole

• 支柱しちゅう

  prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

• 人柱ひとばしら

  person who died for a cause

• 脊柱せきちゅう

  spinal column; vertebral column; spine

• 円柱えんちゅう

  column; shaft; cylinder

• 大黒柱だいこくばしら

  central pillar (of a building)

• 氷柱つらら

  icicle

• 電信柱でんしんばしら

  telephone pole

• 貝柱かいばしら

  adductor muscle

• 石柱せきちゅう

  stone pillar

• 角柱かくちゅう

  prism

• 柱状ちゅうじょう

  shape of a pillar or column

• 門柱もんちゅう

  gatepost; pier

• 茶柱ちゃばしら

  upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

• 鉄柱てっちゅう

  iron pole

• 火柱ひばしら

  pillar of fire; blazing column

• 三角柱さんかくちゅう

  triangular prism

• 柱時計はしらどけい

  wall clock; grandfather clock

• 帆柱ほばしら

  mast

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