柱はしら

noun

pillar; post; column

A vertical structural member such as a pillar, post, or column in a building, gate, bridge, etc.

• 古ふるい寺てらの柱はしらに深ふかい傷きずが残のこっている。

  Deep scratches remain on the pillars of the old temple.

• 門もんの柱はしらを白しろく塗ぬった。

  We painted the gateposts white.

noun

mainstay; central support; prop

Figurative use for a person, industry, policy, idea, etc. that forms the central support of a group or system.

• 彼かれはチームの柱はしらだ。

  He is the mainstay of the team.

• 観かん光こうはこの町まちの経けい済ざいの柱はしらになっている。

  Tourism has become the pillar of this town's economy.

suffix, counter

counter for deities and noble beings

A respectful counter used especially for gods and similar exalted beings; it appears after a number, as in 一柱 or 三柱.

• この神じん社じゃには三み柱はしらの神かみが祀まつられている。

  Three deities are enshrined at this shrine.