► 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:
- 我が方の主張は以下の通りです ⇨ The arguments from our side are as follows:
- この国では民主主義の確立は不可能だ ⇨ It’s impossible to establish democracy in this country
- 彼は野球チームの主将だ ⇨ He is a baseball team captain
- 彼は神からお告げを授かったと主張している ⇨ He is claiming he received a message from God
- 昨日御宅のご主人にスーパーでお会いしました ⇨ I ran into your husband at the grocery store yesterday
- 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
- やんちゃ坊主 ⇨ A naughty rascal
- 米国の共産主義封じ込め政策 ⇨ The US containment strategy for communism
- 国粋主義の再来 ⇨ The return of ultranationalism
- 日本は立憲君主制だ ⇨ Japan is a constitutional monarchy
- 戦後日本は民主国家に生まれ変わった ⇨ Japan was reborn as a democratic country after the war
- 裁判官は被告の主張を退けた ⇨ The judge rejected the defendant’s argument
- 大国主導の国際政治 ⇨ International politics lead, dominated, by big countries
- 西洋諸国は過去の帝国主義について謝罪したことはない ⇨ The western countries have never apologized for their past imperialism
- 彼の主張を裏付ける証拠は何処にもない ⇨ There is no evidence anywhere that supports his claim