棟梁

Meaning

1. n
   central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
2. n
   chief; boss; leader; head
3. n
   master carpenter
4. n
   beams and ridge supports of a roof
5. n
   master carpenter; master builder

Example sentences

• 彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。

  He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.

• 父は棟梁なんですよ。

  My father is a master builder.

• その棟梁は３人の弟子を従えている。

  The master carpenter is accompanied by three apprentices.