マスター

ますたー

noun, suru verb

master; owner

他動詞 transitiveacademicoccupation education

Conjugation

1. owner; proprietor

The owner or manager of a bar, coffee shop, or small establishment.

バーのマスター。

The bar owner.

To order a drink from the owner.

The owner of that shop is kind and popular with regular customers.

2. master (degree)

A master's degree in academic contexts.

マスターを取(と)る。

To get a master's degree.

She got her master's at a graduate school in the US.

I am attending graduate school while working to obtain a master's degree in business administration.

3. to master

To achieve proficiency in a skill (as a verb: マスターする).

To master English.

I mastered the new technique.

It's better to master the basics before moving on to applications.

マスター has three unrelated uses; the context always shows which is meant.

Owner (sense 1): the owner-manager of a bar, coffee shop or small restaurant, and the usual way customers address the owner: マスター、コーヒーをもう一杯(いっぱい). A woman who runs a bar is usually called ママ instead.
Degree (sense 2): a casual word for 修士(しゅうし), the formal term used in documents (修士課程(しゅうしかてい), 修士号(しゅうしごう)).
To master (sense 3): 〜をマスターする, to learn a skill fully.

ASPECT (ている):

英語(えいご)をマスターしている: has mastered English and stays proficient (a resulting state), not "is in the middle of mastering". For the process, use 勉強(べんきょう)している or 習(なら)っている.

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Added 2026.1.13 12:14 · Revised 2026.10.4 16:23

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