私のご主人様
watashi no goshujinsama
The English phrase "my master" is translated into Japanese as 私のご主人様 (watashi no goshujinsama).
私のご主人様 is used to refer to a person who has total authority or ownership over someone else. This specific form is most commonly associated with highly stylized or fictional contexts, such as in anime or role-playing, rather than everyday conversation.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the first-person pronoun 私 (watashi), the possessive particle の (no) and the honorific version of the word for master ご主人様 (goshujinsama).
How does it change in a sentence?
The term ご主人様 uses the honorific prefix go- and the honorific suffix -sama to show extreme respect to the person being addressed.
How do you pronounce it?
watashi no goshujinsama
Did you know?
- If you use ご主人様 in a cafe or hotel, you are likely participating in a 'Maid Cafe' experience, where staff role-play as domestic servants for customers.
- While ご主人様 implies a master-servant relationship, the word 主人 (shujin) can also be used in a much more casual, everyday way to mean 'husband' when a woman refers to her own.
- While 私 (watashi) is the standard 'I', a subordinate addressing their master in a historical or fictional setting would more likely use わたくし (watakushi) to increase the level of formality.
Examples in context
- 私の仕事は、ご主人さまの快適な生活をサポートすることです。My job is to support my master's comfortable lifestyle.
- 私の主人は、まじめで優しい人です。My master is a serious and kind person.
- 私の師匠は剣道の達人です。My master is a master of kendo (Japanese swordsmanship).
- 私のご主人様はとても厳しいです。watashi no goshujinsama wa totemo kibishii desu.My master is very strict.
- 私のご主人様に従います。watashi no goshujinsama ni shitagaimasu.I will obey my master.
- あれは私のご主人様です。are wa watashi no goshujinsama desu.That is my master.
Example conversation
A maid is talking to her master in a mansion.
- 結衣 Yui私のご主人様、お茶をどうぞ。watashi no goshujin-sama, ocha o douzo.My master, please have some tea.
- 蓮 Renありがとう、結衣。arigatou, Yui.Thank you, Yui.
- 結衣 Yui何か他にご要望はございますか？nanika hoka ni go-youbou wa gozaimasu ka?Do you have any other requests?
- 蓮 Ren今はこれでいいよ。ima wa kore de ii yo.This is enough for now.
