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しゅきゃく

Meanings

Noun

1. host and guest

2. the principal and the auxiliary; the principal and the subsidiary; the primary and the subordinate

3. subject and object

4. subject and object

Alt. forms

主しゅ客かく

しゅきゃく

Pitch accent

しゅ

きゃく

しゅ

きゃく

しゅ

きゃ

く

Composed of

(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

しゅきゃくてんとう

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

Examples (1 in total)

これではしゅきゃくが転てん倒とうしている。

This gets the priorities backwards.