Word Meaning 君主

くんしゅ kunshu

君主 is read as くんしゅ (kunshu) and means ruler.

Meaning

English

  1. ruler
  2. monarch
  3. sovereign

Reading

Kana

くんしゅ

Romaji

kunshu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 臣下,臣民 Rank 15642 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

君主制体

くんしゅせいたい

monarchy

君主国

くんしゅこく

monarchy (country)

君主制

くんしゅせい

monarchy

絶対君主

ぜったいくんしゅ

absolute monarch

君主主義

くんしゅしゅぎ

monarchism

君主道徳

くんしゅどうとく

Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)

立憲君主

りっけんくんしゅ

constitutional monarch

専制君主

せんせいくんしゅ

absolute monarch

啓蒙専制君主

けいもうせんせいくんしゅ

enlightened despot

啓蒙絶対君主

けいもうぜったいくんしゅ

enlightened absolutist

主君

しゅくん

lord

主権在君

しゅけんざいくん

monarchical sovereignty

Example Sentences

3

そのくにのくんしゅはたみにあいされていた。

The ruler of that country was loved by the people.

Queen Victoria was the sovereign of Great Britain.

It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.