► 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:
- 民主主義は分権の原理に基づいている ⇨ Democracy is based on the principle of division of power
- 私達夫婦は一棒一穴主義だ ⇨ My wife and I are one-stick-one-hole ideologues. We are sexually faithful to each other
- この地域は農業が主な産業だ ⇨ Agriculture is the main industry in this area
- 米国の共産主義封じ込め政策 ⇨ The US containment strategy for communism
- 資本主義 ⇨ Capitalism
- やんちゃ坊主 ⇨ A naughty rascal
- この国には民主主義の素地が無い ⇨ This country has no foundation of democracy
- 民主化の道は閉ざされた ⇨ The path to democratization has been shut down
- 民主派が独裁者を倒した ⇨ The democratic force brought down the dictator
- 放任主義の親 ⇨ Parents with laissez-faire parenting
- 彼がこの車の主任設計者だ ⇨ He is the chief designer of this car
- 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
- 彼は運動をすると言っても三日坊主で終わってしまう ⇨ He pledges to work out, but quits after three days
- 両党の主張を折衷した案 ⇨ A proposal which is a compromise of the stances of the two parties
- 我が方の主張は以下の通りです ⇨ The arguments from our side are as follows: