彼が一家の大黒柱だ

N5 彼 kare he N3 一家 ikka family, household, clan N3 大 dai big, large, great N5 黒 kuro black

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N5 一 ichi, itsu / hito-, hito.tsu one, one radical (no.1), un N4 家 ka, ke / ie, ya, uchi house, home, family N5 大 dai, tai / oo-, oo.kii, -oo.ini large, big, grand N4 黒 koku / kuro, kuro.zumu, kuro.i black, noir, negro N2 柱 chuu / hashira pillar, post, cylinder

N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase