はしら
Meanings
Noun
1. 材を垂直に立てて建築物や器具などの支えとしたもの。
2. 1. のような縦長の形状をしたもの。
3. 組織やグループの支えとなる人や物。頼りとなる人や物。
4. 物事の主軸となるもの。中心項目。
5. 洋装本で、版面の周辺の余白に印刷した見出し。
6. 和装本で、各丁の折り目にあたるところに記した書名・巻数・標題など。版心。
7. 貝柱の略。
Kanji used
pillar
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
person upon whom one relies
bay (space or distance between two pillars)
central pillar of a pagoda
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
to count on someone as the only support
posthole (archaeology)
Examples (5 in total)
There was a knife stuck in the pillar.
He bumped his head against a post.
These pillars support the stage.