Kanji1 / 5
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)
On readings
シュスシュウ
Kun readings
ぬしおもあるじ
Words with 主
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —喪主Popularchief mourner
- —亭主Popularhousehold head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel); husband
- —店主Popularshopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
- —藩主Popularfeudal lord; daimyo
- —盟主Popularleader (of an alliance); leading power
- —主人Popularhead (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess
- —主唱Popularadvocacy; promotion
- —救世主Popularsaviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
- —ご主人Popularyour husband; her husband
- —自主的Popularindependent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
- —主たるPopularmain; principal; chief; primary; major
- —主観的Popularsubjective
- —主義者Popularadvocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); socialist; communist; anarchist
- —主計局Popularbudget bureau
- —主治医Populardoctor chiefly responsible for a patient's care; doctor in charge (of a patient); attending physician; (one's) primary care physician; family doctor; general practitioner
- —主体的Popularindependent; responsible; active; proactive; subjective
- —主導権Popularhegemony; leadership; initiative
- —民主国Populardemocratic state
- —民主的Populardemocratic
- —民主党PopularDemocratic Party; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016); DPJ; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan