はしら
Meanings
Noun
1. pillar; post
He quietly slipped out the door and hid in the shadow of a nearby pillar.
2. support; prop; mainstay
Numbers are strength: that is the pillar of his thinking.
Counter
Suffix
3. counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
In the next moment, enveloped in light, the two goddesses disappeared from view.
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 Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)
central pillar of a pagoda
Examples (21 in total)
There was a knife stuck in the pillar.
The columns were made of marble.
I quietly peek out from behind the pillar.