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主 しゅ N1

  1. (one's) employer; (one's) lord; (one's) master
  2. chief; head; leader (of a country, group, etc.)
  3. Lord
  4. chief part; first consideration; main thing; primary object; principal aim

主 ぬし N1

  1. head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
  2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
  3. doer (of a deed); subject (of a rumour, etc.)
  4. guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
  5. husband
  6. you

主 おも

  1. chief; important; main; principal
  2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

主 あるじ

  1. head (of a household); landlady; landlord; master (of a servant); proprietor (of a store); proprietress
  2. entertaining someone as one's guest

主 にし

  1. you

主 す

  1. honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

主 しゅう

  1. (one's) employer; (one's) lord; (one's) master

主に おもに N3

  1. chiefly; largely; mainly; mostly; primarily

主婦 しゅふ N3

  1. homemaker; housewife; mistress (of the house)

主張 しゅちょう N3

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