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主 kanji
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
シュスシュウ
Kun readings
ぬしおもあるじ
Words with 主
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —主犯格key culprit; principal offender
- —党主席party chairman (esp. in China, Taiwan, etc.); party leader
- —主題曲theme music; theme song
- —主系列main sequence; principal series
- —主流煙mainstream smoke (from a cigarette, cigar, etc.)
- —主竜類archosaurs
- —主要動principal movement (of an earthquake); principal shock
- —主旋律main melody; lead; central theme (of a literary work, critique, etc.)
- —主戦線main battle line; primary front
- —主機関main engine (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); propulsion machinery
- —愛国主義nationalism; patriotism
- —愛他主義altruism
- —印象主義impressionism
- —厭世主義pessimism
- —画一主義standardization; standardisation
- —快楽主義hedonism
- —楽天主義optimism
- —官僚主義bureaucracy
- —観念主義German idealism
- —儀式主義ritualism; ceremonialism