君くん主しゅ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a hereditary or supreme ruler of a state, such as a king, emperor, or queen. Often used in historical, political, or formal contexts.

イギリスの君くん主しゅは国

こく

王おう

チャールズ

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世せい

です

。

The monarch of the United Kingdom is King Charles III.

中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、君くん主しゅが絶ぜっ対たい的てきな権けん力りょくを持もっていた。

In medieval Europe, monarchs held absolute power.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が君くん主しゅとして即そく位いするfor someone to ascend the throne as monarch
彼かれは若わかくして君くん主しゅとして即そく位いした。
He ascended the throne as monarch at a young age.
君くん主しゅが〈場ば所しょ〉を統とう治ちするfor a monarch to rule over a place/country
その君くん主しゅは長なが年ねん国くにを統とう治ちしてきた。
That monarch has ruled the country for many years.
君くん主しゅを廃はいするto depose/abolish a monarch
革かく命めいにより君くん主しゅが廃はいされた。
The monarch was deposed as a result of the revolution.

Kanji

君mister, you, ruler
主lord, chief, master

Related words· 7

国こく王おうN2
国王 specifically means a male king who rules a kingdom, while 君主 is the broader term covering kings, emperors, and other supreme rulers.
天皇てんのうN2
天皇 refers specifically to the Emperor of Japan, whereas 君主 is a general term for any monarch of any country.
皇こう帝てい
皇帝 means 'emperor' and implies rule over an empire or multiple states, while 君主 is a neutral term that covers any single sovereign ruler.
元げん首しゅN1
元首 is the political/legal term for a head of state (which can be elected), while 君主 specifically implies a hereditary or supreme ruler like a king or emperor.

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主しゅN2
君主 specifically means a monarch or sovereign ruler, whereas 主 is broader and can refer to any master, lord, or head of a group.
帝てい王おう
君主 is the neutral, formal word for a monarch of any rank, whereas 帝王 carries a grander, almost absolute connotation of supreme rule.
王おうN3
君主 is the formal, gender-neutral term for a monarch, while 王 more specifically implies a male king in everyday or narrative usage.

Don't confuse with

君くん子し
君主 means 'monarch, sovereign ruler', while the similar-looking 君子 means 'a person of noble character, a gentleman' with no political rule implied.

Counted with

名めいN2
君主 is counted with 名, the formal counter used for people such as rulers, e.g. 一名の君主.
人にん
君主 can also be counted with the everyday people-counter 人, as in 二人の君主.

Word family· 7

Etymology

Compound of 君 (lord, ruler) and 主 (master, chief). The term has been used in Japanese to denote a sovereign ruler since at least the early modern period, likely influenced by Chinese political terminology.

君くん主しゅ政せい体たい

monarchy

専せん制せい君くん主しゅ

absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant

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立りっ憲けん君くん主しゅ
constitutional monarch
絶ぜっ対たい君くん主しゅ
absolute monarch