employer's house; master's house
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
the favor (favour) of one's master
first place; head position; leading position
chief; main; principal; major
founder of a religious sect
head; chief; chairman; governor; top student; head of the class
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
chief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
main battery; main armament
employer's house; master's house
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
ruler; monarch; sovereign
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
ruler's orders; master's orders
people close to the head man
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
bishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
serving a master; employee
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
(arch.) secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); shrine official (ranking below a negi)
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
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
primary cause; main factor
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
(present) head of a family
head; chief; boss; leader
main force; chief object; mainline
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
leader (of an alliance); leading power
main; principal; chief; primary; major
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
main theater of war; principal battlefield
main purpose; primary objective
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
mostly involve; principally involve
main bedroom; master bedroom
rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch
main ingredient; main component
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
one's chief (literary) work; main work
storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop
owner of a brothel or restaurant
financial backer; financial supporter
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
principal raw material; main raw material
main city (of a district, province, etc.); major city
owner of a company; head of a company
the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)
farm owner; plantation owner
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
keynote; predominant element; main point
main ingredients; chief materials
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
former master; late master
main part; complete subject; grammatical subject
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
main memory; main storage
one's master's business; necessary business; major errands
main memory; primary storage
principal agent (in a medicine)
chief producing center; chief producing centre
main mountain range; midrib; costa; main vein (leaf)
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
direct examination; examination-in-chief
main sequence star; main sequence stars
performer of an action; agent; actor
the Sabbath; the Lord's Day
principal agent (in a medicine)
primary factor; main cause
main storage; main memory
predominant color; predominant colour
main signal; traffic signal
doyen of the diplomatic corps
essential elements of information
main reinforcement (in a reinforced-concrete structure)
principal diagonal; main diagonal
head priest (at a Buddhist temple)
main bath (i.e. in a bathhouse)
master; main character; protagonist