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
- —天主Lord of Heaven; God
- —道主chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
- —僭主usurper; tyrant
- —主客host and guest; the principal and the auxiliary; the principal and the subsidiary; the primary and the subordinate; subject and object; subject and object
- —主根main root; taproot
- —主意central meaning; principal meaning; main idea; prioritizing of will (over reason or emotion); one's lord's will; one's master's intention
- —島主island chief
- —貫主chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
- —主神chief god
- —施主donor; benefactor; almsgiver; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)
- —宗主suzerain
- —宿主host; landlord; innkeeper
- —院主head of a temple
- —館主manager
- —明主wise ruler
- —金主financial backer; financial supporter
- —故主one's former master
- —主辞subject; topic
- —社主owner of a company; head of a company
- —賢主wise master