主

Meaning

主 centers on the central or controlling figure: a lord, chief, or master, and by extension the main or principal thing.

• 主おも
  N2

  chief; main; principal; important

• 主しゅ
  N2

  (one's) master; (one's) employer; (one's) lord

• 主あるじ
  N1

  head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)

• 主ぬし
  N1

  head (of a household, etc.); leader; master

• 主義しゅぎ
  N3

  doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

• 主張しゅちょう
  N3

  claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

• 主人公しゅじんこう
  N2

  protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

• 民主みんしゅ
  N1

  democracy; popular sovereignty

• 主催しゅさい
  N1

  sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

• 民主党みんしゅとう

  Democratic Party

• 主人しゅじん
  N4

  head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady

• 主演しゅえん
  N1

  starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

• 主要しゅよう
  N2

  chief; main; principal; major

• 自主じしゅ
  N1

  independence; autonomy; self-reliance

• 主婦しゅふ
  N3

  housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

• 持ち主もちぬし
  N2

  owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

• 主体しゅたい
  N1

  main constituent; core; nucleus

• 主役しゅやく
  N2

  leading part; leading actor; leading actress

• 主流しゅりゅう

  (the) mainstream

• 株主かぶぬし
  N1

  shareholder; stockholder

• 主導しゅどう
  N1

  leadership; initiative; spearhead

• 飼い主かいぬし
  N2

  (pet) owner; keeper

• 坊主ぼうず
  N1

  Buddhist priest; bonze

• 主任しゅにん
  N1

  person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

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