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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
- —瑣末主義trivialism
- —野獣主義Fauvism
- —実験主義experimentalism; experientialism
- —点描主義pointillism
- —同時主義simultanism
- —超絶主義transcendentalism
- —専制主義absolutism; despotism
- —人民主権sovereignty of the people
- —自主防衛autonomous (national) defence; self-reliant defence
- —自然宿主natural host
- —自主廃業voluntary liquidation; voluntary closure (of business)
- —包摂主義inclusionism; inclusivism
- —排除主義exclusionism; exclusivism
- —主になるto take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
- —立憲民主Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan; CDPJ
- —建築主事building officer (responsible for issuing building certifications, etc.)
- —主要産業key industry; major industry
- —民主政府democratic government; democratically elected government
- —封建領主feudal lord
- —自主療養caring for oneself (at home; e.g. after testing positive for COVID-19)