pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
pillar of fire; blazing column
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
column of water; water column
wall clock; grandfather clock
human pillar; human sacrifice
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
column shape; cylinder; columnar
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
frost columns; ice needles
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
column shape; cylinder; columnar
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
colonnade; row of columns
shape of a pillar or column
to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence
central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
adductor muscle (of a bivalve)
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
pillars supporting heaven
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
round pillar (esp. in buildings)
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
cross (used in a crucifixion)
Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
person upon whom one relies
bay (space or distance between two pillars)
central pillar of a pagoda
triangular three-pillar torii
central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
to count on someone as the only support
corner post; corner pillar
central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira; leader of the Tenri religion
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence
sound post (e.g. of a violin)
downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself; doorjamb; jambe; jamb
trough shell adductor muscle; columella
endostyle; interior column; inner pillar
round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais
distribution transformer; service transformer; pole-mounted transformer
upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall
bitt; bollard; (mooring) dolphin
corner post; corner pillar; downstage right pillar (on a noh stage)
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi
short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed
group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration); (lit.) pillar of buzzards
tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
pillar sunk into the ground
pillar sunk into the ground
introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph
introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph
upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player
downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors
downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)
mochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)
spliced pole (building, electrical)
spliced pole (building, electrical)