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    主客

    主しゅ客かく

    host and guest

    KMT10News #44+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    しゅかくしゅきゃく

    Noun

    1.
    host and guest
    2.
    the principal and the auxiliary, the principal and the subsidiary, the primary and the subordinate
    3.
    subject and object
    philosophy
    4.
    subject and object
    grammar

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    茶さ道どうでは、主しゅ客かくの礼れい儀ぎが大たい切せつです。

    In the tea ceremony, the etiquette between host and guest is important.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな宴えん会かいでは、主しゅ客かくが向むかい合あって座すわることが多おおい。

    In traditional Japanese banquets, the host and guest often sit facing each other.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    議ぎ論ろんの中なかで、いつの間まにか主しゅ客かくが転てん倒とうしてしまった。

    In the discussion, the roles of host and guest (or principal and auxiliary) somehow got reversed.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    哲てつ学がくでは、主しゅ客かくの関かん係けい性せいが認にん識しき論ろんの重じゅう要ようなテーマとなります。

    In philosophy, the relationship between subject and object becomes an important theme in epistemology.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyScience & Math
    仏ぶっ教きょう思し想そうにおける主しゅ客かくの概がい念ねんは、自じ己こと他た者しゃ、あるいは現げん象しょうと本ほん質しつを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    The concept of subject and object (or principal and auxiliary) in Buddhist thought is important for understanding self and other, or phenomena and essence.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
    客
    guest・visitor・customer・client
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