Word details
主
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 主.
Dictionary
Entry
1
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.
2
Archaic
entertaining someone as one's guest
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