noun:

• venerable authority; elderly master

noun:

• employer's house; master's house

noun:

• penalty (golf); penalty stroke - Sports term

expression:

• being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none

noun:

• dancer; dancing master (mistress)

noun:

• artist's temperament; master's temperament

noun:

• veteran; past master

noun:

• artist's temperament; master's temperament - four character idiom

noun:

• ruler and ruled; master and servant

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become an expert; to be master at

noun:

• high steward; grand master

expression / ichidan verb:

• to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art

noun:

• lord; master - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• quartermaster; quarter-master

expression / noun:

• menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる

noun:

• one's old teacher; one's old master

noun:

• smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
• large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard) ［しごく］
• to work someone hard ［しごく］

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to masturbate - usu. シゴく

noun:

• skilled workman; master mechanic ➜ 見習工

godan ~す verb:

• to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle

noun:

• ruler's orders; master's orders

noun:

• fengshui practitioner; fengshui master ➜ 風水

noun:

• main bedroom; master bedroom

noun:

• head chef; master chef

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning to write; beginning of a brush-stroke