Vocab Info

N1 Noun, Pronoun

(ぬし)head (of a household, etc.), leader, master, owner, proprietor, proprietress, subject (of a rumour, etc.), doer (of a deed), guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers), long-time resident (or employee, etc.), husband, you

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        head (of a household, etc.), leader, master

      2. 2.

        owner, proprietor, proprietress

      3. 3.

        subject (of a rumour, etc.), doer (of a deed)

      4. 4.

        guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers), long-time resident (or employee, etc.)

      5. 5.

        husband

    2. Pronoun

      1. 6.

        you

        Familiar language,

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      警察(けいさつ)()とし(もの)(ぬし)(さが)している。

      The police are looking for the owner of the lost item.

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      この(ぬま)(ぬし)河童(かっぱ)だと()われています。

      It is said that the master of this swamp is a kappa.

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      (あたま)(なか)()(ひび)(こえ)(ぬし)は、(わたし)自身(じしん)でした。

      The owner of the voice echoing in my head turned out to be myself.

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      (ちち)死後(しご)、この(いえ)(ぬし)(ちち)から(わたし)()わることとなりました。

      After my father's death, I became the head of this household, succeeding him.

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      家族(かぞく)(みな)(むすめ)()いなりだから、この(いえ)(ぬし)(むすめ)()っても過言(かごん)ではない。

      Everyone in the family does exactly as the daughter says, so it's not a stretch to say that she's the head of the household.

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