► 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:
- 主人公の旅の道中で起こる事件についての小説 ⇨ A novel about incidents happening on the way during the protagonist’s travel
- 民主主義の大切さの思いを新たにした ⇨ I renewed my thought of appreciating the importance of democracy. I reminded myself of its importance
- 彼は並外れた才能の持ち主だ ⇨ He possesses an extraordinary talent
- 日本は第二次大戦後民主化された ⇨ Japan was democratized after WW2
- 直接民主制 ⇨ A direct democracy system. A national referendum system
- 彼は自分の主張を一つ一つ詳細に論証した ⇨ He proved his arguments in detail one by one
- 現在主流の暗号化方式 ⇨ An encryption method that is most widely used currently
- 形だけの民主主義 ⇨ A democracy only in format, appearance, name
- 犬の糞便の始末をしない飼い主が多い ⇨ There are many owners who do not pick up feces of their dogs
- 彼等は会社の主導権を巡って身内で争っている ⇨ They are fighting within the family about who will control the company
- それはあなたの主観的な意見に過ぎない ⇨ That is just your subjective opinion
- 米国では反動主義が激化しつつある ⇨ The reactionary movement has been intensifying in US
- 彼の主張は余りに馬鹿らしくて反論する気にもならなかった ⇨ His claim was so absurd that I didn’t even want to argue
- 彼は店主に自分の製品を置かせてもらえるよう掛け合った ⇨ He negotiated the store owner to let him display his products
- 議論を通して物事を決めるのが民主主義の常道だ ⇨ Decide on things through discussion, that is the way democracy should be