No. 3,223 in Japanese
大家
Landlord; owner of a rental property.
In a sentence
大家さんはこのビルのオーナーです。
The landlord is the owner of this building.
大家 here is used to mean 'landlord' referring to the person who owns and manages a building for tenants.
彼は詩の大家として知られています。
He is known as a great master in poetry.
大家 is used in the sense of 'master' or 'expert,' referring to someone highly skilled and respected in a particular field.
大家が集まる会議が開催されました。
A meeting of experts was held.
大家 here means 'experts' or 'authorities,' denoting a plural sense of distinguished individuals in a domain.
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