大黒柱

Japanese

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

大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

大(だい)黒(こく)柱(ばしら) • (daikokubashira) 

  1. (architecture) the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house.
  2. the breadwinner of a household or organization.
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