茶柱が立つ

ちゃばしらがたつ

to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

柱

はしら じゅう ちゅう じ

bridge (of a koto, etc.)

茶

ちゃ

tea

紅茶茶葉

こうちゃちゃば

Black tea leaves

無茶苦茶

むちゃくちゃ

nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic

目茶苦茶

めちゃくちゃ メチャクチャ

absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent

目茶目茶

めちゃめちゃ

disorderly, messy, ruined

破茶滅茶

はちゃめちゃ

absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent

無茶無茶

むちゃむちゃ

awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless

破茶目茶

はちゃめちゃ やぶちゃめちゃ

absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent

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