noun:

• being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged - four character idiom

noun:

• one-stroke penalty (golf)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• master - archaism
• main character; protagonist - archaism

noun:

• fencing master of the top rank

noun:

• stroke-count index

noun:

• one's former master

noun:

• master license (recording)

noun:

• the master's business; necessary business

noun:

• master of the rice field; chief farmer - abbreviation - archaism
• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ 田長鳥

noun / ~する noun:

• initial brush stroke in calligraphy

noun:

• stroke device - IT term

noun:

• master perfume maker

expression / noun:

• master
• Your lordship; My lord
• husband ➜ ご主人【ごしゅじん】

noun:

• current master; father of one's current master - honorific language ➜ 若殿【わかとの】
• minister (of government); noble - honorific language
• nobleman's residence - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

noun:

• master of the priests quarters

noun:

• wise master

noun:

• following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ➜ 先腹

noun:

• former master; late master

noun:

• master cast; master model

noun / ~する noun:

• generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple - four character idiom

noun:

• pupil excelling his master

noun:

• household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)
• husband