► 名詞
主 [(1)あるじ] [liter] meaning: king rank: 3
☆ 一国の主 ⇨ The ruler of a country
主 [(1)あるじ] [liter] meaning: master rank: 3
☆ 一家の主 ⇨ The chief of the household
主 [しゅ] [liter] meaning: main rank: 3
☆ 彼等は法人向けの業務を主にしている ⇨ Their main business is with organizations (☛ Onyomi of おも. Usually interchangeable with おも)
主 [(1)ぬし] [liter] meaning: own rank: 3
☆ 呼び声の主は彼だった ⇨ The owner of the calling voice was him. It was him calling me
主 [(1)ぬし] [liter] meaning: person rank: 3
☆ 無言電話の主は彼だった ⇨ It was him who had made silent calles
主 [しゅ] [liter] meaning: god rank: 4
☆ 主よ！ ⇨ My Lord!
► 形容動詞
主 [(1)おも] [liter] meaning: main rank: 1
☆ 彼女の主な作品 ⇨ Her main, most famous, works
☆ 飛行機の機体には主にアルミが使われている ⇨ Aluminum is mainly used for plane bodies
More examples:
- 彼は民主党の候補を推している ⇨ He is recommending, supporting, a Democratic candidate
- 絶対君主制 ⇨ Absolute monarchy
- 彼女は家庭の主婦だ ⇨ She is a housewife
- 甲が売り主で乙が買い主だ ⇨ Party A is the seller and Party B is the buyer
- その国には民主主義が成り立つ風土が無い ⇨ That country doesn’t have the culture where democracy can be established
- 彼は事件はマスコミが演出したものだと主張した ⇨ He argued that the incident was staged by the media
- 民主化の道は閉ざされた ⇨ The path to democratization has been shut down
- 彼は徹底した合理主義者だ ⇨ He thinks everything logically
- 優秀な頭脳の持ち主 ⇨ A owner of great brain, intellect
- 我々ははっきり主張をするべきではないでしょうか ⇨ Shouldn’t we express our opinion clearly?
- その国は民主主義に移行して未だ日が浅い ⇨ It hasn’t been very long since the country had transitioned to democracy
- 米国では反動主義が激化しつつある ⇨ The reactionary movement has been intensifying in US
- 彼等は自主的に降伏した ⇨ They surrendered voluntarily
- 彼等は試合開始直後に四点を入れて主導権を握った ⇨ They grasped the control of the game by scoring 4 runs right after the game had started
- 彼は自分の主張を一方的にまくし立てた ⇨ He kept ranting his side of the story