主ぬし

noun

owner; proprietor

Used for the owner of a shop, business, or property; often implies a long-standing or respected owner.

• この店みせの主ぬしはとても親しん切せつだ。

  The owner of this shop is very kind.

• 土と地ちの主ぬしに許きょ可かをもらう必ひつ要ようがある。

  You need to get permission from the landowner.

noun

subject; doer

Refers to the person who is the subject of a rumor or the doer of a deed; often used in set phrases like 噂の主.

• 噂うわさの主ぬしは誰だれなのか気きになる。

  I wonder who the subject of the rumor is.

• そのいたずらの主ぬしは弟おとうとだった。

  The doer of that prank was my younger brother.

noun

guardian spirit; long-time resident

Can refer to a mystical guardian spirit of a place, often an old animal, or to a person who has been in a place or position for a very long time.

• この池いけの主ぬしは大だい蛇じゃだと言いわれている。

  They say the guardian spirit of this pond is a giant snake.

• 彼かれはこの会かい社しゃの主ぬしのような存そん在ざいで、誰だれも逆さからえない。

  He is like a long-time fixture in this company; no one can oppose him.

noun

husband

Old-fashioned or dialectal term for one's husband; now mostly replaced by 夫 or 主人.

• うちの主ぬしはいつも遅おそく帰かえってくる。

  My husband always comes home late.

pronoun

you

Familiar or old-fashioned second-person pronoun, often used by older men or in period speech; can sound rough or affectionate depending on context.

See also: お主

• 主ぬしもなかなかやるな。

  You're pretty good too, aren't you?

• お主ぬし、名なは何なんと申もうす？

  What is your name, good sir?