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Nushi can be written using katakana or kanji in Japanese. I wanted to
understand the exact meaning of this. And can it be used as someone's name?

I named my daughter nushi (It means sweet in Hindi) but when I called her name
in the crowd I fetched the attention of some people from Japan. Hence, I was
curious to know if it has some meaning in Japanese. I searched for dictionary
and I found 2 meanings of it. Hence, I asked here.
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meaning names
What does nushi means in japanese?
Nushi (主 in kanji, ぬし in hiragana) means only one thing in Japanese:
"boss/master (especially of animals/fish)". See [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/46850/5010). It's almost never
used as a Japanese person name.
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`主` (`ぬし` nushi) can also mean `owner`. Maybe the people thought they had
dropped something in the street and you were asking who's the owner.

It is also used to designate a person whom which you do not know the name and
you are talking to. But in this case, an `o` is prepended: `お主` (`おぬし`
onushi).
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