Keyword
(one's) master
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig284
Readings
しゅ
(70%)
ぬし
(20%)
おも
(4%)
(2%)
Composed of
droplet
king
Mnemonic

Have you ever seen a king with even a single drop of sweat on his head? Of course not. A king is the master of everything and everyone in his realm. There's no way he's going to do any kind of work that gets him sweaty.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
pour
live in
pillar
go (with the intention to come back)
Used in vocabulary (1179 in total)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
mainly; primarily
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
chief; main; principal; important
chief; main; principal; major
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
(present) head of a family
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
your husband; her husband
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
(pet) owner; keeper
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
saviour; savior; messiah
lord; master
main force; chief object; mainline
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
leadership; initiative; spearhead
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
hegemony; leadership; initiative
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
ruler; monarch; sovereign
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
lord of a castle
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
subject; theme; motif
main battery; main armament
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
landowner; landlord; landlady
main; principal; chief; primary; major
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
leader (of an alliance); leading power
sender; consignor; remitter
the relation of master to servant
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
autonomy; independence
close-cropped hair; shaven head
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
employer's house; master's house
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
advocacy of war
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
feudal lord; daimyo
shareholder; stockholder
your husband; her husband
main purpose; primary objective
communism; collectivism
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
king; sovereign; daimyo
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
main theater of war; principal battlefield
founder of a religious sect
individualism; egoism; selfishness
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
one's principles and position
principle of laissez-faire
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
main force; main troops
paymaster; accountant
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
mostly involve; principally involve
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
independent; responsible; active; subjective
ruler's orders; master's orders
the Creator; Maker
democratization; democratisation
househusband; stay-at-home dad
close-cropped head; bald hill
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
egoism; egotism; selfishness
Lord of Heaven; God
main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
sea monster; green turtle
main ingredient; main component
chief mourner
young priest; scamp
general meeting of stockholders
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
bishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
loser; owner of a lost article
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017-); Constitutional Democratic Party (Russia, 1905-1917)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
major stockholder; large shareholder
voluntary restraints; self-limitation
sender (of a present)
people close to the head man
heroine; female protagonist
main bedroom; master bedroom
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
temple's head priest
humanism; humanitarianism
chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch
leading product; flagship product; top product
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
president; chairman
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
usurper; tyrant
full-time househusband; stay-at-home dad
chief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge
head (of a university department); chairperson
(pet) owner; keeper
meritocracy; merit system
independent production (e.g. of a film)
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop
democratic nation; democratic country
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
democracy; democratic system of government
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on
housewife demographic; housewives
archbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
spiritualism; idealism
(doctrine of) anarchism
primary star
owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)
young owner; young proprietor
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
female owner; proprietress; landlady
preconception; prejudice
editor-in-chief
master of the household
host; toastmaster
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
the n-th generation head of a family
war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument
democracy; democratic nation
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
main attack
nominative case
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
one's chief (literary) work; main work
donor; benefactor; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)
primary cause; main factor
democratic government
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
head of a household
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
homekeeping; housekeeping; housewifery
head of a temple
(the principle of) nonresistance
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
democratic movement; movement towards democracy
central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community
nationalism; patriotism
owner of a brothel or restaurant
nationalism; extreme patriotism
empiricism; judging things from personal experience
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
one's former master
nationalism; statism
showman; impresario; promoter; producer
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
financial backer; financial supporter
sailor; seaman
principal countries
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register); head of the household; householder
island chief
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
illuminism; enlightenment
individualist; egoist; selfish person
behaviorism; behaviourism; activism
(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine
jus sanguinis; principle that citizenship is determined by that of one's parents
business owner; entrepreneur
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
seller; vendor
constitutional monarchy; limited monarchy
principal raw material; main raw material
principle of living only for the moment
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
skepticism; scepticism
murder of one's master; murderer of his master
absolutism; despotism
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
advocacy; promotion
chief examiner or investigator
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
symbolism (19th-century artistic movement)
farmer; agriculturalist
results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results
sovereignty of the people
lender; creditor; landlord
buyer; purchaser
high priest
voluntary recall (e.g. of faulty goods)
principal stations
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group
main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
owner of a company; head of a company
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family
the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)
Expressionism; representationalism
the Lord's Prayer
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
unowned; unpossessed
main ingredients; chief materials
finder (of lost property)
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
chief investigator; head of the investigation; lead investigator
advertiser; advertising sponsor
senior town administrator (Edo period)
original poster (of a web-forum thread); OP; thread starter
farm owner; plantation owner
employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress
aestheticism; estheticism
ego; self
state sovereignty; national sovereignty
worship of the powerful
leading advocate; important proponent; strong advocator
keynote; predominant element; main point
seller; vendor
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
sovereignty of the people
art for art's sake; l'art pour l'art; ars gratia artis
principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
executives; top management; governing body
closely cropped hair
serving a master; employee
exclusivism; exclusionism
mammonist; money-worshipper
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
antiforeignism; exclusionism; exclusivism; chauvinism
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; (lit.) hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
intuitionism; intuitionalism
satanism; devil worship
person in charge; competent (authority, minister, etc.)
lender; creditor; landlord
worrying about one's master's affairs; one who so worries
severe punishment policy; zero-tolerance policy; draconianism
extremism; radicalism
(Catholic) church; cathedral
master of religious ceremonies
former master; late master
(Roman) Catholicism
constitutionalism; rule of law; legalism
the highest peak
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
samurai attached to a daimyo
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
main complaint
spiritism; spiritualism
employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress
buyer; purchaser
entering the service of a daimyo
sponsoring nation
big family principle; extended family policy
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
principal offender
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
great ruler
(arch.) secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); shrine official (ranking below a negi)
Nondenominationalism (a Japanese Christian group)
autonomous (national) defence; self-reliant defence
main part; complete subject; grammatical subject
main parts; main components
the Orient for the Orientals
Japanese sweet eaten with koicha
white supremacy; white supremacism
Monroe Doctrine; Monroeism
communist regime; communist government
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
Machism (philosophical ideas of Ernst Mach)
democratic state; (a) democracy
main memory; main storage
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on
collectivism (giving priority to a group rather than any individual member)
anti-mainstream; fringe
territorial ruler (Yamato-period)
one's master's business; necessary business; major errands
major newspaper; leading newspaper; widely circulated newspaper
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
primary business; primary function; primary focus
initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats)
sponsor of a meeting
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country
entering the service of a daimyo
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
investor; stockholder
person in charge; manager; chief; head
main parachute
(Japanese) Tax Bureau
tonic; keynote
sectarianism; sectionalism
main memory; primary storage
housewife who works part-time
(governmental) supervisor of teachers
German Democratic Republic (i.e. former East Germany)
principal agent (in a medicine)
proprietor of a school
main battle area
part-time mom; working mother
self-management; self-imposed control
demerit system; points-off system
sovereignty of the people
diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment
main mountain range; midrib; costa; main vein (leaf)
movie in which ... has the starring role
opportunism; expediency
chief producing center; chief producing centre
The Lord's Prayer
head; leading spirit
nulla poena sine lege; no punishment without law
gradualism; slow-and-steady policy
first place; head position; leading position
family-oriented way of life; family-first way of life; cocooning
the principle of honorable death and no surrender
vice president (of China); vice chairman
the Sabbath; the Lord's Day
principle of reciprocity
head; chief; boss; leader
temple petitioner
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
direct examination; examination-in-chief
Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
anticommunism; anti-communism
separatism; secessionism
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
evangelicalism; evangelism
Islamism; political Islam; Islamic fundamentalism
principle (or ideology) of international cooperation
primary rainbow
one's main profession
serving a master; employee
main sequence star; main sequence stars
moneymaking orientation
business operator
democratic form of government
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
economic unit; economic agent; economic entity
Christian Democratic Union (Germany); Christian Democrats; CDU
head of household
the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
uploader (of videos, music, etc.)
dictatorship; despotism
independent development
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
loser; owner of a lost article
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
the favor (favour) of one's master
egoism; love of self
principal clause
classicism; primitivism
principle of virtuous government; virtue as the principle of good government
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
governing by law and reason rather than by military force
policy favouring major powers; policy of great powers favorable only to themselves
backward-looking philosophy (ideology); conservatism
head position
main point; keynote
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.
the "three noes principle" of no drive, no interest, and no sense of responsibility; principle of indolence, indifference, and irresponsibility
institutional stockholder
movie in which ... has the starring role
transcendentalism (literary style); Parnassianism
capital personal account; investor account; investor's account; stockholders equity
performer of an action; agent; actor
tatami mat without a "heri" (edge)
humanism; humanitarianism
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.
main girder
star; leading actor
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
experimentalism (philosophy, esp. Dewey); experientialism
shareholder's equity; capital stock
regionalism; sectionalism; localism
independent way of life
principle of territorial jurisdiction
client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed
local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands
standardization; standardisation
flag state principle
White Australia Policy (pre-1965 Australian immigration policy)
democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
eudaemonism; eudemonism
ultraconservative doctrine; ultraconservative policy
manorial system; manorialism
principal agent (in a medicine)
subject; topic
Ark of the Lord
self interest supremacy doctrine; (irresponsible) capitalism
Neue Sachlichkeit (German art movement); New Objectivity
jus soli; (principle of) birthright citizenship
primary factor; main cause
jus soli; (principle of) birthright citizenship
to relieve someone of the leading role
the Sabbath; the Lord's Day
voluntary liquidation; voluntary closure (of business)
the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
sectarianism; sectionalism
state capitalism; national capitalism
main storage; main memory
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
staple food; main article of diet
uploader (of videos, music, etc.)
main root; taproot
sender (of a present)
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
slapdash approach; rough-and-ready method; speed-before-quality policy
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
restoration of sovereignty
constitutional monarchy; limited monarchy
rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
laying low, awaiting one's chance
primary mirror (of a telescope); main mirror
subject and predicate
applicant; person who prays
cost basis; cost principle
principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country)
final cutting (of trees); regeneration cutting
the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
main signal; traffic signal
stockholder's right
the cabinet minister in charge
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism
(parasitic) host
predominant color; predominant colour
(principle of) self-sufficiency
ritualism; ceremonialism
chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm
activist shareholder; outspoken shareholder
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
feudal lord; daimyo
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
castle tower
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
summit meeting; top-level conference
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
chief; leading; important; prominent
main; principal; important
Islamism; political Islam; Islamic fundamentalism
the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed
White Australia Policy (pre-1965 Australian immigration policy)
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
to relieve someone of the leading role
subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust; (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
Juche (North Korean political ideology)
low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
man with a bald or shaven head
the main thing
chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm
independent guideline
home room (in a school)
principal penalty
infringement of sovereignty
chief effect (of a medicine)
doyen of the diplomatic corps
prices of staple commodities
essential elements of information
warehouse owner
patentee; holder of a patent
system under which schoolteachers are assigned additional administrative duties
rice not subject to government controls
wise master
(belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning
archaism; pseudoclassicism
holder of preferred stock
great old-timer of the firm
principle of being fair and just; fair and unbiased policy (unbiassed)
master of the priests quarters
coefficient of active earth pressure
principal ideal
(former) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)
Store owner, at your service; Yours truly, the Store Owner
first-to-file principle (in patent law); first-to-file system
first-to-invent principle (in patent law); first-to-invent system
strategy of close-quarters fighting
worship or admiration of Western cultures
shaved head; person with a shaved head
tokenism; appearance for appearance's sake
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
meritocracy; performance-based system; achievement-based system
Japanism; Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
voluntary export restraint; VER
chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
seller and buyer; vendor and purchaser
social constructionism; social constructivism
original poster (of a web-forum thread); OP
master key
master station
principal component analysis; PCA
MDF; Main Division Frame
main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to find a new master
key customers; key customer; major clients; major client
main reinforcement (in a reinforced-concrete structure)
system of self-management; honour system
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
master; main character; protagonist
regional sovereignty reform (decentralization of power to local governments)
market price basis; market price principle
quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck
fencing stolen goods; fence
fencing stolen goods; fence
nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryo system)
shareholder responsibility; stockholder liability
female or male prostitute serving a monk; (fig.) luring a monk into depredation
person who administered religious rituals within the dazaifu jurisdiction (ritsuryo system)
territorial sovereignty
retired husband syndrome; stress syndrome resulting from one's husband being at home
principal diagonal; main diagonal
head priest (at a Buddhist temple)
ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
academic socialism; professorial socialism
breadwinner; provider
principal value
advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy; consumer spending; high levels of consumption
currency principle; currency doctrine
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk
main bath (i.e. in a bathhouse)
management familism; paternalistic management; family management style organizational philosophy
monarchical sovereignty
policy of alignment with the United Nations; UN-centrism
philanthropinism; educational system established by J. B. Basedow
retributivism; retributive justice; principle of punitive justice; belief that crimes deserve suitable punishment
retributivism; retributive justice; principle of punitive justice; belief that crimes deserve suitable punishment
creophagism; creophagy; carnism
people's democratic dictatorship (e.g. Maoism)
livestock owner; animal farmer
anti-communism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism (policy of the Socialist Masses Party)
banking principle; banking doctrine
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
principle of nonalignment; nonalignment policy
principle of national self-determination
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
poster of a tweet; author of a tweet
most-read newspaper (in a region)
deliberative democracy; discursive democracy
inclusionism; inclusivism
exclusionism; exclusivism
principal chain; main chain; backbone chain
Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)
black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
Juche (North Korean political ideology); self-reliance; Juche (North Korean calendar)
Examples (200 in total)
You are the master of your own destiny.
The dog knew its master.
He is the master of this house.