ご主人（ごしゅじん、goshujin）
- husband

The word ご主人 (ご主人) primarily means "husband" or "master" in Japanese. It is a term of respect and is typically used by a wife or someone of lower status when referring to their husband or a male superior, respectively. The "go" (ご) is a polite prefix. The term implies a sense of respect and distance.

⚫︎ご主人はとても親切です。 Translation: My husband is very kind. ⚫︎奥様は、ご主人を愛していますか？ Translation: Does your wife love your husband? ⚫︎レストランのご主人 Translation: The master of the restaurant (or: the restaurant owner)

⚫︎ Use ご主人 (ご主人) when referring to one's own husband, especially when speaking to others. ⚫︎ It's also used to refer to someone else's husband, in which case it shows respect for both the husband and the wife. ⚫︎ When speaking of someone you supervise at work, you may refer to your superior as ご主人, especially in certain formal or older contexts, or when using it to refer to the owner of a store or business. ⚫︎ Avoid using ご主人 (ご主人) to directly address your husband. Instead, use his name or another more familiar term. ⚫︎ The level of formality should be taken into consideration as it is more respectful than the informal expression of the same meaning.

⚫︎ ご主人 (ご主人) is typically written in hiragana as ごしゅじん. ⚫︎ The kanji for ご主人 is ご主人. ⚫︎ The okurigana (送りがな, suffix hiragana) is always written as "じん" (jin). ⚫︎ There are no other ways to write this word.

⚫︎ 夫 (ototo): Husband (more formal and common in writing). ⚫︎ 旦那 (danna): Husband (often used in less formal settings, and it can also mean "master").

⚫︎ 妻 (tsuma): Wife (for one's own wife). ⚫︎ 奥さん (okusama): Wife (of someone else, more polite).

私のご主人は、いつも私を助けてくれます。 ・Translation: My husband always helps me. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the speaker's husband, using the respectful term ご主人 (ご主人).

彼女はご主人に料理を習いました。 ・Translation: She learned cooking from her husband. ・Explanation: This sentence describes that she learned cooking from her husband, using the respectful term ご主人 (ご主人).

⚫︎ ご (go) is an honorific prefix, showing respect. ⚫︎ 主人 (shujin) means "master," "husband," or "owner." ⚫︎ The combination of these two words creates a polite and respectful term. ⚫︎ The origin stems from traditional Japanese society where the husband was considered the head of the household.