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柱
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Common noun
pillar; post
Examples
この橋は10本の柱で支えられている。
The bridge is supported by 10 posts.
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Common noun
support; prop; mainstay
Examples
海外向け食品の輸出は農業関連産業の柱の一つです。
Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness.
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Suffix; Counter
counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
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Architecture
capital (of a column)
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Biology
stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
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distribution transformer; service transformer; pole-mounted transformer
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utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
Examples
彼は車を電柱にぶつけた。
He ran the car into a lamppost.
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Word usually written using kana alone
icicle
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ひょうちゅう only
ice pillar (for cooling a room)
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つらら only; Archaic
ice
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円柱 only; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
column; shaft; cylinder
Examples
ベイスギを材料に巨大でグロテスクな、しかし美しい円柱を作った。
They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.
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Usu. まるばしら
round pillar (esp. in buildings)
