Kanji
主
kanji character
lord
chief
master
main thing
principal
主 kanji-主 lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
主
Meaning
lord chief master
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かぶ ぬし shareholder
- じ ぬし landowner
- もち ぬし owner
- おも に mainly
- おも や main building (of a manor)
- おも な chief
- おんな あるじ female owner
- おとこ あるじ male head of a household
- ぼうの あるじ master of the priests quarters
On'yomi
- しゅ のう head
- しゅ ぎ doctrine
- しゅ さい sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices)
- る す absence
- ほっ す high priest
- ざ す temple's head priest
- しゅう じゅう master and servant
- しゅう どり entering the service of a daimyo
- しゅう ごろし murder of one's master
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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主 (one's) master, (one's) employer, (one's) lord -
主 脳 head, leader, top... -
主 義 doctrine, rule, principle... -
主 催 sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices), promotion, organizing... -
主 張 claim, insistence, assertion... -
主 婦 housewife, mistress (of the house), homemaker -
主 要 chief, main, principal... -
民 主 democracy, popular sovereignty, Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016) -
主 権 sovereignty, supremacy, dominion -
主 權 sovereignty, supremacy, dominion -
主 体 Juche (North Korean political ideology), self-reliance, Juche (North Korean calendar) -
主 任 person in charge, senior staff, manager... -
主 役 leading part, leading actor, leading actress -
主 旨 meaning, point (e.g. of a statement), gist... -
主 人 head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress... -
株 主 shareholder, stockholder -
自 主 independence, autonomy, self-reliance -
主 にmainly, primarily, mostly... -
主 演 starring (in a film, play, etc.)... -
主 食 staple food -
主 題 subject, theme, motif - ご
主 人 your husband, her husband -
主 としてmainly, chiefly, primarily... -
地 主 landowner, landlord, landlady -
留 主 absence, being away from home, house-sitting... -
持 主 owner, proprietor, possessor (e.g. of talent... -
御 主 人 your husband, her husband -
主 席 head, chief, chairman... -
主 導 leadership, initiative, spearhead -
主 流 (the) mainstream, main course (of a river), main stream