ご主人(しゅじん)

ごしゅじん
noun
(your/her) husband
See also: 主人(しゅじん) (plain form)
1. (someone else's) husband
Polite term used to refer to another person's husband. The honorific ご makes it respectful.
ご主人(しゅじん)はお元気(げんき)ですか。
How is your husband?
Polite inquiry
ご主人(しゅじん)のお仕事(しごと)は何(なん)ですか。
What does your husband do for work?
ご主人(しゅじん)にもよろしくお伝(つた)えください。
Please give my regards to your husband.
ご主人(しゅじん)と一緒(いっしょ)に来(こ)られますか。
Will you come with your husband?
ご主人(しゅじん)がいらっしゃらないときは、お電話(でんわ)いたします。
I will call when your husband is home.
ご主人(しゅじん)のご趣味(しゅみ)は何(なん)ですか。
What are your husband's hobbies?
2. master, proprietor
Can also refer to the master of a house or the proprietor of a shop.
このお店(みせ)のご主人(しゅじん)は親切(しんせつ)だ。
The owner of this shop is kind.
Meaning 'proprietor'
この旅館(りょかん)のご主人(しゅじん)は料理(りょうり)が上手(じょうず)だ。
The proprietor of this inn is good at cooking.
居酒屋(いざかや)のご主人(しゅじん)におすすめ(おすすめ)を聞(き)いた。
I asked the owner of the izakaya for recommendations.
この老舗(しにせ)のご主人(しゅじん)は三代目(さんだいめ)で、祖父(そふ)の代(だい)からの伝統(でんとう)を守(まも)り続(つづ)けているそうだ。
The owner of this long-established shop is the third generation, and I hear he continues to preserve the traditions from his grandfather's time.
あの寿司屋(すしや)のご主人(しゅじん)は毎朝(まいあさ)市場(いちば)に行(い)って魚(さかな)を選(えら)んでいるそうだ。
I hear the owner of that sushi restaurant goes to the market every morning to select fish.

ご主人(しゅじん) is the polite form for referring to someone else's husband.

RELATED TERMS:

  • 主人(しゅじん): my husband (humble when referring to own spouse)
  • 夫(おっと): husband (neutral/formal for own husband)
  • 旦那(だんな)さん: husband (casual-polite for someone else's)
  • 奥(おく)さん: (someone else's) wife

USAGE NOTE: Using 主人(しゅじん) for one's own husband is traditional but some consider it old-fashioned. Modern alternatives include 夫(おっと) or パートナー.

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Related Words

Related: 奥(おく)さん ((someone's) wife)
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Added 2026.1.9 21:01 · Revised 2026.4.2 14:09
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