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
- N4御主人your husband; her husband
- N3主義Populardoctrine; rule; principle; -ism
- N3主張Popularclaim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
- N3主婦Popularhousewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
- N3主要Popularchief; main; principal; major
- N2主語Popularsubject
- N2主役Popularleading part; leading actor; leading actress
- N1君主Popularmonarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
- N1自主Popularindependence; autonomy; self-reliance
- N1主演Popularstarring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
- N1主観Popularsubjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
- N1主権Popularsovereignty; supremacy; dominion
- N1主催Popularsponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
- N1主食Popularstaple food
- N1主体Popularmain constituent; core; nucleus; subject
- N1主題Popularsubject; theme; motif
- N1主導Popularleadership; initiative; spearhead
- N1主任Popularperson in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
- N1民主Populardemocracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)
- N1主人公Popularprotagonist; main character; hero; heroine; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)