主 — lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Readings

On'yomi

シュスシュウ

Kun'yomi

ぬしおもあるじ

Example words

• 主人しゅじん(1) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady (2) one's husband (3) (one's) employer; (one's) master (4) host; hostess
• 民主みんしゅ(1) democracy; popular sovereignty (2) democratic
• 主義しゅぎdoctrine; rule; principle
• 主催しゅさいsponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
• 主張しゅちょうclaim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
• 主婦しゅふhousewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
• 主要しゅようchief; main; principal; major
• 自主じしゅindependence; autonomy