地じ主ぬし

じ

ぬ

し

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a person who owns land, especially in a legal or economic context. Can be used for both residential and agricultural land.

じ

主ぬし

だ

。

He is the largest landowner in this area.

地じ主ぬしから土と地ちを借かりて家いえを建たてた。

I rented land from the landowner and built a house.

〈人ひと〉が地じ主ぬしから土と地ちを借かりるto rent land from a landowner
農のう民みんは地じ主ぬしから田たんぼを借かりて米こめを作つくった。
The farmer rented a rice field from the landowner and grew rice.
地じ主ぬしに地ち代だいを払はらうto pay land rent to the landowner
毎まい月つき、地じ主ぬしに地ち代だいを払はらわなければならない。
Every month, one has to pay land rent to the landowner.
〈場ば所しょ〉の地じ主ぬしになるto become the landowner of a place
祖そ父ふはこの村むらの地じ主ぬしになった。
My grandfather became the landowner of this village.

大おお屋やN3
大家 is a landlord who owns and rents out a building or apartment, while 地主 is someone who owns the land itself, regardless of any structure on it.
家や主ぬしN2
家主 broadly means the landlord or head of a rented house, whereas 地主 specifically emphasizes ownership of the underlying land.

小こ作さく人にん
小作人 is a tenant farmer who rents and works land, the direct counterpart to 地主 who owns that land.

領りょう主しゅ
地主 is a modern term for a landowner who owns land as private property, while 領主 is a historical feudal ruler with political authority over a territory.

Compound of 地 (land) and 主 (owner, master). The reading じぬし is a standard kun'yomi compound.

寄き生せい地じ主ぬし制せい

parasitic landowner system; absentee landlord system