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主
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主/主人 only
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)
Examples
この家のあるじは私だ。
It is I who am head of this family.
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Archaic
entertaining someone as one's guest
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Common noun
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue
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Noun, used as a suffix
-ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)
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Archaic; Common noun
socialist; communist; anarchist
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Esp. 首脳
head; leader; top
Examples
7カ国の首脳がその会議に出席した。
The top leaders of seven countries attended the meeting.
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Archaic; Esp. 主脳
important part
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Archaic
secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system)
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しゅてん only; Obsolete term
shrine official (ranking below a negi)
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male head of a household; male owner; landlord; proprietor; male employer
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Idiomatic expression
trying to help one's master but instead ending up hurting him
