ぬし
Meanings
Noun
1. head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
3. subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
Then I look for the person the voice belongs to.
4. guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
They say this mountain has a guardian spirit.
5. husband
Pronoun
Familiar language
6. you
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
shipper; consignor
landowner; landlord; landlady
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
client; sender
shareholder; stockholder
savior; saviour; rescuer; Messiah; Jesus Christ
lender; creditor; landlord
(pet) owner; keeper
host; landlord; innkeeper
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
sender; consignor; remitter
rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch
owner of a lost article; person who has lost an article; person who has dropped something
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
seller; vendor
employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress
original poster (of an Internet thread); OP; thread starter
buyer; purchaser
owner; possessor
maker; creator
showman; impresario; promoter; producer
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register); head of the household; householder
business owner; entrepreneur; employer
finder (of lost property)
advertiser; advertising sponsor
investor; stockholder
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
territorial ruler (Yamato period)
depositor
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.
head of household
client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed
applicant; person who prays
warehouse owner
holder of preferred stock
great old-timer of the firm
original poster (of an Internet thread); OP
breadwinner; provider
poster of a tweet; author of a tweet
caretaker (of a rescue pet); pet adopter
Examples (6 in total)
Then I look for the person the voice belongs to.
The owner of the voice slowly comes closer.
They say this mountain has a guardian spirit.