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
- —主殿main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
- —楼主owner of a brothel or restaurant
- —主公master; main character; protagonist
- —名主nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryō system)
- —無主unowned; unpossessed
- —公主princess
- —門主head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
- —山主head priest (at a Buddhist temple)
- —主業one's main profession
- —主値principal value
- —主星primary star
- —寄主host
- —主剤principal agent (in a medicine)
- —主伐final cutting (of trees); regeneration cutting
- —畜主livestock owner; animal farmer
- —主都main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
- —業主business operator
- —主鎖principal chain; main chain; backbone chain
- —主持taking charge; presiding over
- —主情prioritizing of emotions (over reason or will)