御主

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ぬし
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
お主

Etymology

(o-, honorific prefix) + (nushi, master; you)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ònúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [o̞nɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Pronoun

()(ぬし) • (onushi) 

  1. (dated) you (to someone of equal or inferior status)
    おぬしonushirayou lot
    • 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “超兵器ガ壱號 [Super-Weapon GA Mk I]”, in カンビュセスの(くじ) (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 76:
      (ぬし) (だい)(がく)では(げん)()(がく)(せん)(こう)していたと?
      O-nushi Daigaku de wa gengogaku o senkō shite ita to?
      Say, you majored in linguistics, didn’t you?
      は…… ()(だい)(ぶん)(がく)(かい)(どく)(ゆめ)でありましてマヤの()()()やクレタの……
      Ha…… kodai bungaku no kaidoku ga yume de arimashite Maya no emoji ya Kureta no……
      Yes, sir… I dreamed of being able to decipher ancient texts, such as Mayan logograms or Cretan…
    • 1997 July 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “(だい)(よん)() (はん)(よう)”, in (いぬ)()(しゃ) ((いぬ)()(しゃ)), volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 76:
      (いぬ)()(しゃ)おぬし(ちち)は、西(さい)(ごく)()(じろ)にしていた()(いぬ)であったと()くが…
      Inuyasha, onushi no chichi wa, Saigoku o nejiro ni shite ita bakeinu de atta to kiku ga…
      Inuyasha, I’ve heard your father was a shapeshifting dog who lived in a stronghold in Saigoku…
    • 2005 February 4, “(おん)()ある(さむらい)”, in (かみ)(がわ)()(ほん), Wizards of the Coast:
      (ゆる)せ、(さぶ)(ろう)おぬし(たす)けることはできなかった。だが、おぬし(けん)はこの()(なか)()(つづ)けるであろう。
      Yuruse, Saburō. O-nushi o tasukeru koto wa dekinakatta. Da ga, onushi no ken wa kono te no naka de maitsuzukeru de arō.
      Forgive me, Saburō. I could not save you. But your sword will keep on dancing in my hands.

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