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ナヌシ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
Alt. forms
名
な
主
ぬし
95%
なぬし
4%
ナヌシ
Pitch accent
ナ
ヌシ
Composed of
ナ
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
ヌシ
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
ロウ
ナヌシ
(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group
マチ
ナヌシ
senior town administrator (Edo period)