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主人

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

主人 — “husband, master (of the house)”

主人 (read しゅじん) means husband, master (of the house). It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

しゅじん

Meaning

husband, master (of the house)

主人 in a sentence

主人しゅじんは今いま、出張しゅっちょう中ちゅうです。

My husband is away on a business trip now.

The kanji in 主人

主owner, master
人person

Words that share a kanji with 主人

主おも— main, principal, chief
主におもに— mainly, chiefly, primarily
ご主人ごしゅじん— (your/someone else's) husband
主義しゅぎ— principle, doctrine, -ism
主張しゅちょう— assertion, insistence, claim
主婦しゅふ— housewife
主要しゅよう— main, principal, major
主語しゅご— subject (grammar)

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