天の御柱

あまのみはしら

Ama no Mihashira, the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed

柱

はしら じゅう ちゅう じ

bridge (of a koto, etc.)

茶柱

ちゃばしら

upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

柱暦

はしらごよみ

small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall

氷柱

つらら ひょうちゅう

icicle

貝柱

かいばしら

adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)

巻柱

まきばしら まきはしら

gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi

束柱

つかばしら たばばしら

short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

火柱

ひばしら

pillar of fire, blazing column

人柱

ひとばしら

human pillar, human sacrifice

炭柱

たんちゅう たんはしら

coal pillar

杖柱

つえはしら つえばしら

person upon whom one relies

柱間

はしらま

bay (space or distance between two pillars)

主柱

しゅちゅう

central pillar

琴柱

ことじ

bridge of a koto

内柱

ないちゅう

interior column, inner pillar

柱受

はしらじゅ

Column base or column footing

隅柱

すみばしら

corner post, corner pillar

肉柱

にくちゅう

adductor muscle (of a bivalve)