pillar of fire; blazing column
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
column of water; water column
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
human pillar; human sacrifice
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
frost columns; ice needles
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
cross (used in a crucifixion)
central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
triangular three-pillar torii
corner post; corner pillar
trough shell adductor muscle; columella
downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself; doorjamb; jambe; jamb
round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais
upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors
downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)
pillar sunk into the ground
short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi
spliced pole (building, electrical)
small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player
group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration); (lit.) pillar of buzzards
mochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)