大黒柱
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 大 | 黒 | 柱 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
こく Grade: 2 |
はしら > ばしら Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大黑柱 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]大黒 (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱 (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
[edit]大黒柱 • (daikokubashira)
- (architecture) the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house.
- the breadwinner of a household or organization.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as だい
- Japanese terms spelled with 黒 read as こく
- Japanese terms spelled with 柱 read as はしら
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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