How to say "prop" in Japanese

• 支えるささえるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb sense of 'prop': to hold something up or keep it from falling. Covers physically propping an object as well as supporting a person, institution, or structure.
  このくらいの収穫量しゅうかくりょうでは、そこの経済けいざいを支ささえるのに十分じゅうぶんではありません。↗

  That amount of crops isn't enough to support their economy.
• 支柱しちゅうCommon
  nounA physical prop or supporting post, such as a stake holding up a plant or a brace in construction. This is the ordinary noun when you mean an actual upright support.
• 突っ張りつっぱりCommon
  nounA prop or strut that braces something by pushing against it, wedged between two surfaces rather than bearing weight from below.
• 柱はしらJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounLiterally a pillar or column, and by extension a figurative prop or mainstay of an organization or family. For an ordinary physical prop, 支柱 is usually the word you want.
  海外かいがい向むけ食品しょくひんの輸出ゆしゅつは農業のうぎょう関連かんれん産業さんぎょうの柱はしらの一ひとつです。↗

  Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness.
• 小道具こどうぐCommon
  nounA prop in the theatrical sense: an object handled by actors on stage. If your 'prop' is show-business equipment, this is the right word.

Use 「支える」 for the verb 'to prop/support', 支柱 or 「突っ張り」 for a physical supporting post or strut, 柱 chiefly for a pillar or figurative mainstay, and 小道具 for a stage prop.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 支えるささえるto support
• 支柱しちゅうprop
• 突っ張りつっぱりprop
• 支えささえsupport
• プロップprop (in a film, play, etc.)
• つっかいprop
• つっかい棒つっかいぼうprop
• つっかえ棒つっかえぼうprop
• 下支えしたざさえsupport
• 柱はしらsupport
• 小道具こどうぐ(stage) properties
• ステイstay
• 拠り所よりどころsupport
• 添え木そえぎsplice