lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

5 strokesFrequency 95JLPT N3Grade 3

On

シュシュウ

Kun

ぬしおもあるじ

Nanori

かずもん

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

lord

Constituents

?ball
drop
jewel
king

Mnemonic Stories

A lord is but a drop of a king.

Dictionary

Common Words

Freq #1672
1

Common noun

head (of a household, etc.); leader; master

Examples
のろいはのろいに返る。
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
2

Common noun

owner; proprietor; proprietress

3

Common noun

subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)

4

Common noun

guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)

5

Common noun

husband

6

Familiar; Pronoun

you

主人ゅじんNounFreq #2082
1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady

Examples
主人は料理がとても上手です。
My husband is a very good cook.
2

one's husband

3

(one's) employer; (one's) master

4

host; hostess

主張ゅちょうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #2138
1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

Examples
私たちはその重要性を主張した。
We insisted on its importance.
持ち主持主ぬしNounFreq #2637
1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

Examples
この家の持ち主は誰ですか。
Who is the owner of this house?
主にもにAdverbFreq #2702
1

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

Examples
彼の病気は主に精神的な物だった。
His illness was mainly psychological.
主人公じんこうNounFreq #3573
1

protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

Examples
主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。
The hero died at the end of the book.
2

Honorific

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

SuffixHonorificArchaicFreq #4502
1

honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

留守留主NounFreq #4748
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

absence; being away from home

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

house-sitting; house-sitter

Examples
彼女に留守を頼んで外出しました。
I went on the trip, leaving the house in her care.
3

Usu. as お留守になる

neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

店主んしゅNounFreq #4834
1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

Examples
店主は私にそれを買うようしきりに勧めた。
The shopkeeper urged me to buy it.
主役ゅやくNoun~の Adj.Freq #5479
1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

Examples
ケイトは映画で主役を演じる機会を与えられました。
Kate has been given an opportunity to play a major role in a movie.

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