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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.
Alt. forms
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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
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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.
He bumped his head against a post.
The roof is held up by four pillars.
My father is nailing a sign to the post.
Nothing was hanging on the room's walls or the pillars.
Thanks to being behind the pillar, I wasn't found.
A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.
I stuck a charm against evil on a pillar of the house.
Numbers are strength: that is the pillar of his thinking.
Heavy posts are needed to sustain this bridge.
My father has worked as the mainstay of the family.
The painting depicts seven goddesses.
Two gods are enshrined at this shrine.
There are three main pillars of learning in this assignment.
It may be called a pillar, but it is several dozen meters in diameter.
The pillar, stretching endlessly, bisected the sky, and its tip was not visible.
Piercing through the thick clouds, a massive pillar of light pours down from the sky.
Even a single pillar appears to have a very precise structure.
In the next moment, enveloped in light, the two goddesses disappeared from view.