Deep scratches remain on the pillars of the old temple.
門の柱を白く塗った。
We painted the gateposts white.
mainstay; central support; prop
Figurative use for a person, industry, policy, idea, etc. that forms the central support of a group or system.
彼はチームの柱だ。
He is the mainstay of the team.
観光はこの町の経済の柱になっている。
Tourism has become the pillar of this town's economy.
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.
この神社には三柱の神が祀られている。
Three deities are enshrined at this shrine.
The carpenter put up the pillars for the new house.
He is a person who serves as the mainstay of this company.
It was dark, so I bumped into a pillar.
They are making this policy the central pillar of economic recovery.
upright-floating tea stalk (lucky omen)
pillar of fire; blazing column
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