主 zhǔ
noun
: master; lord, owner; host; principal; God; main
: to indicate or signify
Kun Reading
主 | おも omo
noun | na-adjective
: chief; main; principal; important
: (Abbreviation) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
主に | おもに omoni
adverb
: mainly; primarily
主な | おもな omona
Pre-noun adjectival
: chief; main; principal; important
主 | ぬし nushi
noun | no-adjective
: head (of a household); leader; master
: owner; proprietor; proprietress
: subject (of a rumor); doer (of a deed)
: guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee)
: husband
: (Pronoun) (Familiar language) you
主 | あるじ aruji
suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Abbreviation) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)
: (Archaism) entertaining someone as one’s guest
On Reading
主 | す su
Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
主 | しゅ shu
Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: (one’s) master
: Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)
: the main thing; the majority; the primary concern
為 wèi
preposition
: because of; for; to
為 wéi
verb | preposition
: to take something as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
Kun Reading
為 | ため tame
noun
: good; advantage; benefit; welfare
: sake; purpose; objective; aim
: consequence; result; effect
: affecting; regarding; concerning
為に | 為に tameni
conjunction
: (usually kana only) for; for the sake of; to one’s advantage; in favor of; on behalf of
: because of; as a result of
為る | する suru OR なる naru
suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: する suru – (Usually written using kana alone) to do
: to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
: to serve as; to act as; to work as
: to wear (clothes, a facial expression)
: to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
: to decide on; to choose; () to be sensed (of a smell, noise)
: to be (in a state, condition)
: to be worth; to cost
: to pass (of time); to elapse
: () verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech “vs”)
: () creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with “o” or “go”)
: to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
為せる | させる saseru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make (someone) do
: to allow (someone) to
為す | なす nasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to build up; to establish
: to form; to become (a state)
: to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in
: to change into
: to do; to perform
為さる | なさる nasaru
godan verb – aru special class | transitive verb
: to do
為り | なり nari
noun
: being promoted (shogi)
On Reading
為 | し shi
頭 [头] tóu
noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases
Kun Reading
頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira
noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)
頭 | どたま dotama
noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
頭 | がしら gashira
suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…
頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi
noun
: head
頭 | つむり tsumuri
noun
: head
: bangs; fringe
On Reading
頭 | とう tou
counter
: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)
頭 | ず zu
noun
: head
後 [后] hòu
noun
: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
后 hòu
noun
: empress; queen
Kun Reading
後 | あと ato
noun | no-adjective
: behind; rear
: after; later
: after one’s death
: remainder; the rest
: descendant; successor; heir
: (Archaism) past; previous; (Adverbial noun) more (i.e. five more minutes)
後で | あとで atode
adverb
: afterwards
後 | のち nochi
noun | no-adjective
: later; afterwards; since
: future
: after one’s death
: (Archaism) descendant
後 | しり shiri
noun
: buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
: undersurface; bottom
: last place; end
: consequence
後ろ | うしろ ushiro
noun
: back; behind; rear
後れ | おくれ okure
noun
: delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
后 | きさき kisaki
noun
: empress; queen
On Reading
後 | ご go
suffix
: after
こう kou
裏 [里] [裡] lǐ
noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal
Kun Reading
裏 | うら ura
noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
里 | さと sato
noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past
On Reading
里 | り ri
noun
: ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
: neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
: unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
經 [经] jīng
verb
: classics; sacred book; scripture
: to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure
: warp (textile); longitude
: menstruation; channel (TCM)
Kun Reading
経 | たて tate
noun
: the vertical; height
: front-to-back; length
: north-to-south
: vertical (relationship); hierarchy
: (weaving) warp
経 | たていと tateito
noun
: (weaving) warp
経つ | たつ tatsu
Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to pass; to lapse
経る | へる heru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pass; to elapse; to experience
経て | へて hete
expression
: to pass; to elapse; to experience
On Reading
経 | きょう kyou
noun
: sutra; Buddhist scriptures
