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柱
pillar · post · column · support
N2On: ちゅうKun: はしら
Memory Aid
'Chuu' — Imagine a giant pillar from a structure being CHEWed up by a monster.
Vocabulary
柱はしらpillar, column
電柱でんちゅうtelephone pole, utility pole
大黒柱だいこくばしらmain pillar (of a house), breadwinner, head of a family
円柱えんちゅうcylinder, cylindrical column
Example Sentences
この家は太い柱で支えられています。
This house is supported by thick pillars.
電柱にぶつからないように気をつけてください。
Please be careful not to hit the telephone pole.
彼は家族の大黒柱です。
He is the pillar of his family (the breadwinner).
その建物にはたくさんの円柱があります。
There are many cylindrical columns in that building.