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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
chief;main;principal;important
読書が彼のおもな楽しみだ。
Reading is his chief amusement.
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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
abbreviation
main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
usu. written as オモ
Other forms
重 【おも】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(one's) master;(one's) employer;(one's) lord
2
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
leader (of a country, group, etc.);head;chief
3
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Christianity
Lord
4
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
main thing;chief part;first consideration;primary object;principal aim
1
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
head (of a household, etc.);leader;master
のろいはのろい主に返る。
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
2
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
owner;proprietor;proprietress
3
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
subject (of a rumour, etc.);doer (of a deed)
4
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers);long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
husband
6
pronoun
familiar language
you
1
pronoun
archaic
familiar language
you
1
suffix
archaic
honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
Other forms
子 【す】
1
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
only applies to
主, 主人
head (of a household);proprietor (of a store);proprietress;landlord;landlady;master (of a servant)
この家のあるじは私だ。
It is I who am head of this family.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
entertaining someone as one's guest
Other forms
主人 【あるじ】 · 饗 【あるじ】 (rarely used kanji form)
1
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(one's) master;(one's) employer;(one's) lord
1
pronoun
archaic
you
familiar or derogatory
Other forms
和主 【わぬし】 · 吾主 【わぬし】