あるじ

主

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady, master (of a servant)

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

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    entertaining someone as one's guest
    archaic