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主
  • on reading:
  • シュ   ス   シュウ
  • kun reading:
  • ぬし   おも   あるじ
  • meaning(s):
  • lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
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Compounds

Compounds

悪戯坊主 いたずらぼうず mischievous boy
庵主 あんしゅ owner of a hermitage
一家の主 いっかのあるじ master of the household
一国一城の主 いっこくいちじょうのあるじ feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
院主 いんじゅ head of a temple
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