Kanji: 主

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	丶 Radical name: てん
Meaning:	Lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 90 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	御主人(ごしゅじん)	(honorable) your husband
N3	主(おも)に	mainly, primarily
N3	主義(しゅぎ)	doctrine, rule, principle
N3	主張(しゅちょう)	claim, request, insistence, assertion
N3	主婦(しゅふ)	housewife, mistress
N3	主要(しゅよう)	chief, main, principal, major
N2	主語(しゅご)	(gram) subject
N2	主役(しゅやく)	leading part, leading actor (actress)
N2	家主(やぬし)	landlord
N1	家主(いえぬし)	landlord
N1	君主(くんしゅ)	ruler, monarch
N1	主演(しゅえん)	starring, playing the leading part
N1	主観(しゅかん)	subjectivity, subject, ego
N1	主権(しゅけん)	sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
N1	主催(しゅさい)	organization, sponsorship
N1	主食(しゅしょく)	staple food
N1	主人公(しゅじんこう)	protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story), head of household
N1	主体(しゅたい)	subject, main constituent
N1	主題(しゅだい)	subject, theme, motif
N1	主導(しゅどう)	main leadership
N1	主任(しゅにん)	person in charge, responsible official
N1	自主(じしゅ)	independence, autonomy
N1	地主(じぬし)	landlord
N1	民主(みんしゅ)	democratic, the head of the nation
none	亭主(ていしゅ)	husband, host (e.g., of a tea gathering), innkeeper