Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'column; shaft; cylinder · round pillar (esp. in buildings)

Nounprop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

Nounutility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole

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

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixbridge (of a koto, etc.) · cylinder; prism

Nounfret (of a biwa)

Nounpillar of fire; blazing column

Nounmosquito swarm

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

Noungold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi

Nounsound post (e.g. of a violin)

Nounperson who died for a cause · guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; sacrificial lamb; early adopter · hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection

Nouncolumn of water; water column

Nounfrost columns; ice needles

Nounupright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

Nounmiddle pillar

Nounpillars supporting heaven

Nounmast

Nounseptum; bridge of nose

Nounicicle · ice pillar (for cooling a room) · ice

Noungatepost; pier

Nounstone pillar

Nounbridge of a koto

Nounshort pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

Nounmain pillar

Nounspinal column; vertebral column; spine

Nouniron pole

Nounperson upon whom one relies

Nounalcove post

Noun(flower's) style

Nounprism · polygonal (esp. square) pillar · bamboo

Nounrib; pillar

Nounpillar

Nouncoal pillar

Nounsmall pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

Nouncentral pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira · leader of the Tenri religion

Nounadductor muscle (of a bivalve)

Noungroup of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration); pillar of buzzards

Nountuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)

Nouncross (used in a crucifixion)

Nouncentral pillar · principal post; backbone of a society or community

Nouncorner post; corner pillar · downstage right pillar (on a noh stage)

Nounstud; puncheon

Nounupstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

Noundownstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself · doorjamb; jambe; jamb

Nounendostyle · interior column; inner pillar

Nounmochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)

Nountrough shell adductor muscle; columella

NounOnbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano