Translation Japanese English: 大黒柱

1 Bole, anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, stalk, stem, tree trunk, trunk.

2 CORE, Centre, PIN, anchor, backbone, center, core group, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, marrow, meat, nerve center, nerve centre, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pillar, pith, pivot, seat, substance, sum.

3 CORE, Centre, anchor, backbone, center, essence, first cause, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, prime mover, primum mobile, substance, sum.

4 Key, anchor, backbone, headstone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay.

5 Pole, Post, anchor, backbone, column, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, pillar, tower.

6 Post, anchor, backbone, brace, bracing, column, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, pile, piling, pillar, prop, spile, stilt, support, tower.

7 Sand, anchor, back, backbone, grit, gumption, guts, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, moxie, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column.

8 anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, backbone, ground tackle, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay.

9 anchor, backbone, evidence, grounds, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, reliance.

10 anchor, backbone, fabric, framework, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay.

11 anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, second, second base.

12 boss, chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho, mainstay, pillar.