御主

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御 主
お
Grade: S
ぬし
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 主 (nushi, “master; you”)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

御(お)主(ぬし) • (onushi) 

  1. (dated) you (to someone of equal or inferior status)
    おぬしら ― onushira ― you lot
    • 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “超兵器ガ壱號 [Super-Weapon GA Mk I]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 76:
      お主(ぬし) 大(だい)学(がく)では言(げん)語(ご)学(がく)を専(せん)攻(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…… 古(こ)代(だい)文(ぶん)学(がく)の解(かい)読(どく)が夢(ゆめ)でありましてマヤの絵(え)文(も)字(じ)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, Takahashi, Rumiko, “第(だい)4(よん)話(わ) 半(はん)妖(よう) [Chapter 4: Han’yō]”, in 犬(いぬ)夜(や)叉(しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 76:
      犬(いぬ)夜(や)叉(しゃ)、おぬしの父(ちち)は、西(さい)国(ごく)を根(ね)城(じろ)にしていた化(ば)け犬(いぬ)であったと聞(き)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, “恩(おん)義(ぎ)ある侍(さむらい) [Indebted Samurai]”, in 神(かみ)河(がわ)謀(む)叛(ほん) [Betrayal of Kamigawa], Wizards of the Coast:
      許(ゆる)せ、三(さぶ)郎(ろう)。おぬしを助(たす)けることはできなかった。だが、おぬしの剣(けん)はこの手(て)の中(なか)で舞(ま)い続(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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