Meaning of master in Japanese

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Definition of master

パトロン(patoron)
  1. (n) patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter
  2. sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha) →Related words: 芸者 , 旦那
  3. patron; master; manager; boss
マスター(masutaa) · マスタ(masuta)
  1. (vs) to master; to learn
  2. (n) proprietor; manager; bar-owner
  3. master (e.g. arts, science)
きょしょう(kyoshou) 【 巨匠 】

巨匠 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; masterhand; maestro

    この美術館はオランダの巨匠が描いた作品がたくさんある。
    This art collection is rich in paintings by Dutch masters.

くせもの(kusemono) 【 曲者 ·くせ者 ·癖者 ·曲物 】

曲者癖物 Kanji Details

  1. (n) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow
  2. peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow
  3. tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
  4. expert; master; highly skilled person
  5. goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter
きみ(kimi) 【 君 ·公 】

君公 Kanji Details

  1. (pn) you; buddy; pal
  2. (n) monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
くん(kun) 【 君 】

君 Kanji Details

  1. (n, suf) Mr (junior); master; boy

    あと一台パソコンを購入する君の案はまったく問題にならない。
    Your plan to buy another PC is out of the question.

こくしゅ(kokushu) 【 国手 】

国手 Kanji Details

  1. (n) skilled physician; noted doctor; master
つかいて(tsukaite) 【 使い手 ·遣い手 】

使手遣 Kanji Details

  1. (n) user; consumer; employer
  2. master (e.g. of swordsmanship)
  3. prodigal; spendthrift
ししょう(shishou) 【 師匠 】

師匠 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; teacher
  2. (sumo) coach who owns his stable
しゅ(shu) · しゅう(shuu) 【 主 】

主 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-no) (one's) master

    この家のあるじは私だ。
    It is I who am head of this family.

  2. Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)
  3. the main thing; the majority; the primary concern →Related words: 主たる , 主として
ぬし(nushi) 【 主 】

主 Kanji Details

  1. (n) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
  2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
  3. subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
  4. guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
  5. husband
  6. (pn) you →Related words: おぬし
しゅくん(shukun) 【 主君 】

主君 Kanji Details

  1. (n) lord; master
そうしょう(soushou) 【 宗匠 】

宗匠 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; teacher
おやかた(oyakata) · おやがた(oyagata) 【 親方 】

親方 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; boss; chief; foreman; supervisor →Related words: 子方
  2. (sumo) stable master
  3. craftsman; artisan
  4. foster parent
せんせい(sensei) · せんじょう(senjou) 【 先生 】

先生 Kanji Details

  1. (n) teacher; master; doctor

    われわれの先生は真の意味で紳士です。
    Our teacher is a gentleman in the true sense of the word.

  2. (suf) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific

    ぼくはジョーンズ先生に作文を直してもらった。
    I had my composition corrected by Mr Jones.

  3. (n) previous existence →Related words: 前生
たつじん(tatsujin) 【 達人 】

達人 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; expert

    彼は水泳の達人だ。
    He is adept in swimming.

だんな(danna) 【 旦那 ·檀那 】

旦那檀 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master (of a house, shop, etc.)
  2. husband (informal)
  3. word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor)
  4. patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy →Related words: パトロン
  5. (Buddh) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver →Related words: 檀越 , 檀家
ていしゅ(teishu) 【 亭主 】

亭主 Kanji Details

  1. (n) household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)

    あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
    She wears the trousers in that house.

  2. husband
とうりょう(touryou) 【 棟梁 】

棟梁 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-t) chief support; pillar (e.g. of nation); leader

    彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。
    He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.

  2. boss; master (craftsman)
  3. (n) beams and ridge supports of a roof (orig. meaning)
みょうしゅ(myoushu) 【 妙手 】

妙手 Kanji Details

  1. (n) spectacular move (chess, shogi, etc.); brilliant move
  2. expert; virtuoso; master
めいか(meika) 【 名家 】

名家 Kanji Details

  1. (n) distinguished family; noted family; noble family

    彼は北部で一番の名家の中の一つの出だ。
    He sprang from one of the best families in the north.

  2. family status in the Imperial Court →Related words: 家格
  3. master (of a craft); expert
めいじん(meijin) 【 名人 】

名人 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; expert

    彼女の夫は料理の名人なのだ。
    Her husband is an excellent cook.

おしょう(oshou) · かしょう(kashou) · わじょう(wajou) 【 和尚 ·和上 】

和尚上 Kanji Details

  1. (n) preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism)
  2. preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism)
  3. preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism)
  4. second highest priestly rank in Buddhism →Related words: 法眼
  5. monk (esp. the head monk of a temple)
  6. master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
しゅじん(shujin) 【 主人 ·主 】

主人 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-no) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady →Related words: ご主人
  2. one's husband
  3. (one's) employer; (one's) master
  4. host; hostess
おおだんな(oodanna) 【 大旦那 】

大旦那 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple
くんてき(kunteki) 【 訓迪 】

訓迪 Kanji Details

  1. (n) guide; master; teacher
し(shi) 【 師 】

師 Kanji Details

  1. (n) teacher; master; one's mentor

    彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。
    He was respected as their teacher.

  2. (n, suf) religious leader

    ジャックとペギーの結婚式はジョン・スミス牧師により行われた。
    Jack and Peggy were married by the Rev. John Smith.

  3. (suf) specialist
  4. (n) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
だいしはん(daishihan) 【 大師範 】

大師範 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master; grandmaster; senior instructor
し(shi) 【 子 】

子 Kanji Details

  1. (n) child (esp. a boy)
  2. viscount →Related words: 子爵
  3. master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
  4. philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings →Related words: 諸子百家
  5. you (of one's equals)
  6. (n-suf) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)
ひじり(hijiri) 【 聖 】

聖 Kanji Details

  1. (n) highly virtuous monk
  2. monk
  3. Buddhist solitary
  4. Buddhist missionary →Related words: 高野聖
  5. saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
  6. emperor
  7. master; expert
マイスター(maisutaa)
  1. (n) master
あるじ(aruji) 【 主 ·主人 】

主人 Kanji Details

  1. (n) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)

    主人は料理がとても上手です。
    My husband is a very good cook.

  2. entertaining someone as one's guest →Related words: 饗設け
たっし(tasshi) 【 達士 】

達士 Kanji Details

  1. (n) expert; skilled hand; master
かかえぬし(kakaenushi) 【 抱え主 】

抱主 Kanji Details

  1. (n) employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress
かかえて(kakaete) 【 抱え手 ·抱手 】

抱手 Kanji Details

  1. (n) employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress →Related words: 抱え主
しゅこう(shukou) 【 主公 】

主公 Kanji Details

  1. (n) master
  2. main character; protagonist

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