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殿様

とのさま

feudal lord; my lord (a term of address for a daimyo or nobleman)

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Examples

  1. 殿様が城に戻られた。

    とのさまがしろにもどられた。

    The lord has returned to the castle.

  2. 村人たちは殿様に年貢を納めた。

    むらびとたちはとのさまにねんぐをおさめた。

    The villagers paid their annual tribute to the lord.

  3. 時代劇で殿様の役を演じた。

    じだいげきでとのさまのやくをえんじた。

    He played a feudal lord in a period drama.

  4. 彼は殿様商売で、客を客とも思っていない。

    かれはとのさましょうばいで、きゃくをきゃくともおもっていない。

    He runs his business like a lord and treats customers as beneath him.

Common patterns

殿様と家来
a lord and his retainers
殿様商売
doing business with a high-handed, take-it-or-leave-it attitude
お殿様
my lord (respectful address)

Memory tip

殿 (との) plus the honorific 様 — a period-drama word, paired with 家来. It lives on figuratively in 殿様商売 and 殿様気分, for someone who expects to be waited on.

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