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Grade Level: 3
JLPT Level: 3

Frequency: 95

Bushu (Radical) Info:
丶 (てん)
dot
亠 (なべぶた)
lid

Henshall Mnemonic:
king with bit extra is real master

Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 5 Strokes

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On-Yomi Reading(s): シュスシュウ	Kun-Yomi Reading(s): ぬしおもあるじかずずもん	English Meaning(s): lord chief master main thing principal
Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji: Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.) ご主人 [ごしゅじん] (n) (hon) your husband; her husband [K] [D] マルクス主義 [マルクスしゅぎ] (n) Marxism [K] [D] 家主 [やぬし] (n) landlord [K] [D] 株主 [かぶぬし] (n) shareholder; stockholder [K] [D] 救世主 [きゅうせいしゅ] (n) saviour; messiah [K] [D] 共産主義 [きょうさんしゅぎ] communism; collectivism [K] [D] 君主 [くんしゅ] (n) ruler; monarch [K] [D] 軍国主義 [ぐんこくしゅぎ] militarism [K] [D] 雇い主 [やといぬし] (n) employer [K] [D] 雇主 [やといぬし] (n) employer [K] [D] 資本主義 [しほんしゅぎ] capitalism [K] [D] 飼い主 [かいぬし] (n) shepherd; (dog) owner [K] [D] 持ち主 [もちぬし] (n) owner; proprietor [K] [D] 自主 [じしゅ] (n) independence; autonomy [K] [D] 自主的 [じしゅてき] (adj-na) independent; autonomous [K] [D] 自由主義 [じゆうしゅぎ] liberalism [K] [D] 社会主義 [しゃかいしゅぎ] socialism [K] [D] 主 [あるじ] (n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one\'s husband; employer; host [K] [D] 主 [おも] (adj-na,n) chief; main; principal; important [K] [D] 主 [しゅ] (n) (one\'s) master; (our) lord [K] [D] 主 [ぬし] (n) owner; master; lover; god [K] [D] 主たる [しゅたる] (adj-pn) main; principal; major [K] [D] 主として [しゅとして] (adv) mainly [K] [D] 主に [おもに] (adv) mainly; primarily [K] [D] 主因 [しゅいん] (n) primary cause; main factor [K] [D] 主演 [しゅえん] (n) starring; playing the leading part [K] [D] 主幹 [しゅかん] (n) chief editor; managing editor; manager [K] [D] 主管 [しゅかん] (n) supervision; management; supervisor; manager [K] [D] 主観 [しゅかん] (n) subjectivity; subject; ego [K] [D] 主観的 [しゅかんてき] (adj-na) subjectivity; subject; ego [K] [D] 主眼 [しゅがん] (n) main point [K] [D] 主義 [しゅぎ] (n) doctrine; rule; principle [K] [D] 主義者 [しゅぎしゃ] advocate (of a theory or principle); man of principle; ideologist [K] [D] 主計 [しゅけい] (n) paymaster; accountant [K] [D] 主計局 [しゅけいきょく] budget bureau [K] [D] 主権 [しゅけん] (n) sovereignty; supremacy; dominion [K] [D] 主語 [しゅご] (n) (gram) subject [K] [D] 主査 [しゅさ] (n) chief examiner or investigator [K] [D] 主催 [しゅさい] (n,vs) organization; sponsorship [K] [D] 主宰 [しゅさい] (n,vs) supervision; chairmanship [K] [D] 主治医 [しゅじい] (n) attending physician; physician in charge; (one\'s) family doctor [K] [D] 主軸 [しゅじく] (n) main shaft [K] [D] 主唱 [しゅしょう] (n,vs) advocacy; promotion [K] [D] 主将 [しゅしょう] (n) commander-in-chief; (team) captain [K] [D] 主食 [しゅしょく] (n) staple food [K] [D] 主審 [しゅしん] (n) chief umpire [K] [D] 主人 [あるじ] (n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one\'s husband; employer; host [K] [D] 主人 [しゅじん] (n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one\'s husband; employer; host [K] [D] 主人公 [しゅじんこう] (n) (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); (2) head of household [K] [D] 主税局 [しゅぜいきょく] (n) (Japanese) Tax Bureau [K] [D] 主席 [しゅせき] (n) head; chief; president; governor; chairman [K] [D] 主戦 [しゅせん] (n) advocacy of war [K] [D] 主体 [しゅたい] (n) subject; main constituent [K] [D] 主体的 [しゅたいてき] (adj-na) subjective [K] [D] 主題 [しゅだい] (n) subject; theme; motif [K] [D] 主張 [しゅちょう] (n,vs) claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet [K] [D] 主導 [しゅどう] (n,vs) main leadership [K] [D] 主導権 [しゅどうけん] (n) hegemony; leadership; initiative [K] [D] 主任 [しゅにん] (n) person in charge; responsible official [K] [D] 主犯 [しゅはん] (n) principal offence; principal offender [K] [D] 主筆 [しゅひつ] (n) editor-in-chief [K] [D] 主婦 [しゅふ] (n) housewife; mistress [K] [D] 主砲 [しゅほう] (n) main battery; main armament [K] [D] 主役 [しゅやく] (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) [K] [D] 主要 [しゅよう] (adj-na,n) chief; main; principal; major [K] [D] 主流 [しゅりゅう] (n) main current (stream) [K] [D] 主力 [しゅりょく] (n) main force; chief object [K] [D] 城主 [じょうしゅ] (n) lord of a castle [K] [D] 神主 [かんぬし] (n) Shinto priest [K] [D] 人道主義 [じんどうしゅぎ] humanism; humanitarianism [K] [D] 船主 [せんしゅ] (n) shipowner [K] [D] 全体主義 [ぜんたいしゅぎ] totalitarianism [K] [D] 喪主 [もしゅ] (n) chief mourner [K] [D] 贈り主 [おくりぬし] sender (of a present) [K] [D] 地主 [じぬし] (n) landlord [K] [D] 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 [ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく] People\'s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) [K] [D] 亭主 [ていしゅ] (n) master; host; landlord; innkeeper; husband [K] [D] 帝国主義 [ていこくしゅぎ] imperialism [K] [D] 店主 [てんしゅ] (n) shopkeeper [K] [D] 馬主 [うまぬし] (n) (race)horse owner [K] [D] 排他主義 [はいたしゅぎ] exclusion principle [K] [D] 藩主 [はんしゅ] (n) feudal lord; daimyo [K] [D] 封建主義 [ほうけんしゅぎ] feudalism [K] [D] 坊主 [ぼうず] (n) Buddhist priest; bonze [K] [D] 民主 [みんしゅ] (n) democratic; the head of the nation [K] [D] 民主国 [みんしゅこく] (n) democratic state [K] [D] 民主主義 [みんしゅしゅぎ] (n) democracy [K] [D] 民主的 [みんしゅてき] (adj-na) democratic [K] [D] 民主党 [みんしゅとう] Democratic party [K] [D] 民族主義 [みんぞくしゅぎ] nationalism [K] [D] 盟主 [めいしゅ] (n) leader; leading power [K] [D] 利己主義 [りこしゅぎ] egoism; selfishness [K] [D]

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The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict_doc.html#IREF05

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