Illustration: Inside a neighborhood bakery, nearly every shelf and counter tray holds bread: sandwich loaves, rolls, baguettes, and small filled buns. At one end, a much smaller refrigerated case contains a few puddings and bottled drinks.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅとして

shutoshite

mainly, primarily

Example sentences

  1. これらの手紙てがみは主しゅとして母ははから来きたものだ。

    These letters, in the main, are from my mother.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 科学者かがくしゃは主しゅとして物質ぶっしつの問題もんだいを取とり扱あつかう。

    Scientists deal mainly with physical matters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 受験者じゅけんしゃは主しゅとして小学校教員しょうがっこうきょういんであった。

    Candidates for the test were mostly teachers from elementary schools.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 主

  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ

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