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7 exact word matches found in search '主'
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1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 主人
noun
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)  (abbreviation)
2. entertaining someone as one's guest  (see also: 饗設け; also written as 饗; archaic)
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noun
1. head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
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Most common form: 主人
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady  (see also: ご主人)
2. one's husband
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1. (one's) master
2. Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)  (this meaning is restricted to reading しゅ)
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pronoun
you  (see also: ; archaic; familiar language)
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suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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281 words found beginning with '主'
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chief; main; principal; major
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claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
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noun
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
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noun
1. main constituent; core; nucleus
2. subject (philosophical); protagonist  (see also: 客体, 主観)
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mainly; primarily
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noun
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
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leading part; leading actor; leading actress
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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
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noun
subject; theme; motif  (linguistics terminology)
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noun
person in charge; responsible official; senior staff
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1158 words found containing '主' in any position
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mainly; primarily
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Most common form: 留守
1. absence; being away from home
2. house-sitting; house-sitter
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noun
serving a master; employee
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Most common form: 主人
noun
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)  (abbreviation)
2. entertaining someone as one's guest  (see also: 饗設け; also written as 饗; archaic)
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1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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noun
female owner; proprietress; landlady
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suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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noun
worrying about one's master's affairs; one who so worries
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expression, noun
master of the household
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noun
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
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