Word Meaning 大黒柱

だいこくばしら daikokubashira

大黒柱 is read as だいこくばしら (daikokubashira) and means central pillar (of a building).

Meaning

English

central pillar (of a building)
mainstay (e.g. of an economy)
backbone (e.g. of a family)
provider
main man

Reading

Kana

だいこくばしら

Romaji

daikokubashira

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14977 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大臣柱

だいじんばしら

downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)

大黒黄金

だいこくこがね

horned dung beetle (Copris ochus)

大黒椋鳥擬

おおくろむくどりもどき

common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

黒人大学

こくじんだいがく

black university (e.g. in the US)

大根

だいこ

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

Example Sentences

トムは一家の大黒柱です。

Tom is his family's main breadwinner.

トムはこの家の大黒柱です。

Tom is the breadwinner in this family.

そして私は、１６年来の親友の強固な助けなしには今夜ここには立ってないだろう、家族の大黒柱で、愛する者で、次期ファーストレディーのミッシェル・オバマだ。

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.