幹から

noun

trunk; stem; stalk

Refers to the main central support of a plant, from the base to the tip, including tree trunks and thick stems.

• この木きの幹みきはとても太ふとい。

  The trunk of this tree is very thick.

• 花はなの幹みきを切きって花か瓶びんに生いけた。

  I cut the flower's stem and put it in a vase.

noun

shaft (of an arrow)

Specifically the long, straight body of an arrow, excluding the arrowhead and fletching.

• 矢やの幹みきが折おれてしまった。

  The shaft of the arrow broke.

noun

handle

Only when written 柄

Archaic term for the handle or grip of a tool or weapon. In modern Japanese, 柄 is usually read え or つか.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、刀かたなの柄つかを「から」と記しるした例れいがある。

  In old documents, there are examples where the handle of a sword is written as から.