心しん柱ばしら

noun

central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira

Architectural term for the central wooden pillar that runs through a Japanese pagoda, often acting as a structural core.

• 法ほう隆りゅう寺じの五重塔ごじゅうのとうには、心しん柱ばしらが通とおっている。

  A central pillar runs through the five-story pagoda of Hōryū-ji.

noun

leader of the Tenri religion

Only when written 真柱

Specific title for the spiritual head of Tenrikyō, written with 真柱.

• 真しん柱ばしらは天てん理り教きょうの信しん仰こうの中ちゅう心しん的てきな指し導どう者しゃです。

  The Shinbashira is the central leader of the Tenrikyō faith.