"大黒柱" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 大黒柱 [canonical] (ruby: (だい), (こく), (ばしら)), daikokubashira [romanization]
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). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|大黒|^だいこく|柱|はしら|t1=Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune|t2=pillar}} 大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”), {{sortkey|ja|大黒柱}} たいこくはしら, {{rendaku2|hashira|bashira}} The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|だいこくばしら}} 大(だい)黒(こく)柱(ばしら) • (daikokubashira)
  1. (architecture) the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house. Categories (topical): Architectural elements, People
    Sense id: en-大黒柱-ja-noun-PzQtoDoF Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Topics: architecture
  2. the breadwinner of a household or organization.
    Sense id: en-大黒柱-ja-noun-V5NxiKP0
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