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主たる (しゅたる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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pre-noun adjectival
main ; principal ; chief ; primary ; major
A formal, written pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) meaning 'main' or 'principal'. Used before nouns to indicate the most important or central element. Common in news, reports, and formal speech.
Similar words 主おも な More common and slightly less formal than 主たる; used in both spoken and written Japanese.
主しゅ 要よう な Also means 'main' or 'major', but is a na-adjective and can be used more broadly, including in predicate position.
Etymology Derived from the kanji 主 (しゅ, 'main') combined with the classical auxiliary verb たり (たる, attributive form of たり), which functions like modern である. The form 主たる is a fossilized rentaishi used only before nouns.
この
プロジェクト
の
主しゅ
たる
責せき
任にん
者しゃ
だ
。
He is the principal person in charge of this project.
