主 – vocab dash

主おも

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Meanings

Na-adjective

Noun

1. chief; main; principal; important

2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen) (Abbreviation, usu. written as オモ)

Other spellings

重おも

Kanji used

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

おも

Used in vocabulary

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

Adverb

head steward (of an estate)

Noun

soft track; yielding track; muddy track

Noun

chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm

Noun

Japanese sweet eaten with koicha

Noun

Examples44

読どく書しょが彼かれのおもな楽たのしみだ。

Reading is his chief amusement.

政せい治じが彼かれらの会かい話わのおもな話わ題だいだった。

Politics was the main topic of their conversation.

新あたらしい家いえを買かう時ときの主おもな要よう素そはお金かねです。

Money is the key factor when we decide to buy a new house.

次つぎのことが１９９３年ねんの主おもな出で来き事ごとだ。

The followings are the chief events of 1993.

昨さく年ねんの主おもな出で来き事ごとは何なにでしたか。

What were the chief events of last year?

昨日きのうの主おもな出で来き事ごとは何なにでしたか。

What were yesterday's chief events?