しゅ
Meanings
Noun
1. (one's) master
2. Lord
when read as "しゅ"
Adjective (の)
Noun
3. the main thing; the majority; the primary concern
when read as "しゅ"
Kanji used
(one's) master
Pitch accent
しゅ
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Used in vocabulary (198 in total)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
(present) head of a family
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
lord; master
saviour; savior; messiah
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
chief; main; principal; major
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
main force; chief object; mainline
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
ruler; monarch; sovereign
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
lord of a castle
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
main battery; main armament
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
leader (of an alliance); leading power
founder of a religious sect
subject; theme; motif
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
main; principal; chief; primary; major
feudal lord; daimyo
paymaster; accountant
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
employer's house; master's house
employer's house; master's house
advocacy of war
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
Lord of Heaven; God
bishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
main theater of war; principal battlefield
main purpose; primary objective
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
the Creator; Maker
main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
mostly involve; principally involve
ruler's orders; master's orders
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
main bedroom; master bedroom
rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch
sailor; seaman
chief mourner
main ingredient; main component
primary star
people close to the head man
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
island chief
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
editor-in-chief
one's chief (literary) work; main work
chief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop
preconception; prejudice
head of a household
financial backer; financial supporter
owner of a brothel or restaurant
one's former master
investor; stockholder
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
nominative case
central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community
high priest
sponsor of a meeting
primary cause; main factor
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
business operator
(arch.) secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); shrine official (ranking below a negi)
farmer; agriculturalist
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
principal raw material; main raw material
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
owner of a company; head of a company
unowned; unpossessed
the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)
the Lord's Prayer
ego; self
farm owner; plantation owner
keynote; predominant element; main point
main ingredients; chief materials
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
serving a master; employee
former master; late master
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
main part; complete subject; grammatical subject
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
main memory; main storage
(Japanese) Tax Bureau
tonic; keynote
one's master's business; necessary business; major errands
great ruler
main memory; primary storage
principal agent (in a medicine)
chief producing center; chief producing centre
main battle area
proprietor of a school
main mountain range; midrib; costa; main vein (leaf)
head; chief; boss; leader
first place; head position; leading position
temple petitioner
primary rainbow
direct examination; examination-in-chief
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
main sequence star; main sequence stars
the favor (favour) of one's master
one's main profession
principal clause
performer of an action; agent; actor
main point; keynote
head position
the Sabbath; the Lord's Day
main storage; main memory
primary factor; main cause
principal agent (in a medicine)
Ark of the Lord
subject; topic
main root; taproot
predominant color; predominant colour
main signal; traffic signal
subject and predicate
castle tower
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
the main thing
essential elements of information
home room (in a school)
master key
principal diagonal; main diagonal
head priest (at a Buddhist temple)
doyen of the diplomatic corps
MDF; Main Division Frame
master station
main reinforcement (in a reinforced-concrete structure)
principal value
principal penalty
main bath (i.e. in a bathhouse)
to find a new master
master; main character; protagonist