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VocabJLPT N2

owner

Noun

Definitions

1. owner (esp. of a business)

A loanword from English referring to the owner of a business, property, or team. It is commonly used in Japanese when talking about restaurant owners, shop owners, or sports team proprietors.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

A source testified that the owner provided the funding.

Sentence 2

So why won't the owner give the green light?

Sentence 3

Is the owner open to additional investment?

Sentence 4

I'm not the owner, but somehow all the responsibility keeps landing on me.

Sentence 5

"Wait until the owner gets here," my friend said.