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Vocabulary and kanji for all your Japanese learning interests. Mostly intermediate level, as I am still learning, though beginners could find useful things here too! Feel free to ask any Japanese language questions. :]

自己主張(じこしゅちょう): self-assertion

自: previously covered here.


己: previously covered here.


主: previously covered here.


張: previously covered here.

3 months ago
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主食(しゅしょく): staple food

主: previously covered here.


食: previously covered here.

7 months ago
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主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one’s auspices); promotion; organizing; hosting; staging

主: already covered here.


催: give (a dinner); hold (a meeting); sponsor

on-reading サイ. kun-reading もよおす.

催す(もよおす): 1. to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of 2. to feel (sensation, emotion, etc)

1 year ago
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民主党(みんしゅとう): Democratic party

民: previously covered here.


主: previously covered here.


党: previously covered here.

5 months ago
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亭主関白(ていしゅかんぱく): 1. husband who rules the roost; domineering husband 2. the hectoring of the husband

亭: arbor; cottage; mansion; music hall; pavilion; restaurant; stage name; vaudeville

on-reading チン、テイ. no kun-reading.


主: already covered here.


関: already covered here.


白: already covered here.

Note:

亭主(ていしゅ) means 1. household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel) 2. husband

and

関白(かんぱく) is the chief adviser to the emperor.

so the husband is the chief adviser of the house (or something).

11 months ago
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主演(しゅえん):starring; playing the leading part

主:chief; lord; main thing; master; principal

on-reading シュ、シュウ、ス. kun-reading あるじ、おも、ぬし.

主(あるじ):1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) (abbreviation)

主(おも):1. chief; main; principal; important 2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen) (abbreviation)

主(ぬし):1. head (of a household); leader; master 2. owner; proprietor; proprietress 3. subject (of a rumor, etc); doer (of a deed) 4. guardian spirit 5. husband (pronoun) 6. you (familiar language)


演:already covered here.

1 year ago
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