Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
Common noun
owner; proprietor; proprietress
Common noun
subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
Common noun
guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
Common noun
husband
Familiar; Pronoun
you
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady
one's husband
(one's) employer; (one's) master
host; hostess
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
protagonist; main character; hero; heroine
Honorific
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
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
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb
house-sitting; house-sitter
Usu. as お留守になる
neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
A lord is but a drop of a king.
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