柱 (はしら, hashira) Japanese meaning: pillar | Kotomoraい
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Deep scratches remain on the pillars of the old temple.
We painted the gateposts white.
Usage patterns
柱を立てるto put up a pillar/post
The carpenter put up the pillars for the new house.
〈事〉の柱となるto become the mainstay/pillar of something
He is a person who serves as the mainstay of this company.
柱にぶつかるto bump into a pillar/post
It was dark, so I bumped into a pillar.
〈物〉を柱にするto make something the central pillar (of a plan, policy, etc.)
They are making this policy the central pillar of economic recovery.
Expressions
杖とも柱とも頼むto lean entirely on someone; to count on someone as one's sole support
pillar of fire; blazing column
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wall clock; grandfather clock
mast
human pillar; ritual human sacrifice · person who died for a cause; martyr · guinea pig; test subject; sacrificial lamb; early adopter
middle pillar; central pillar
trough shell adductor muscle; columella
gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi
alcove post
central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira · leader of the Tenri religion
mainstay; pillar of support; person one relies on
short pillar between beam and ridge
pillar calendar; wall calendar
introductory clause; chapeau; main paragraph
