- 殿様
- とのさま
feudal lord* * *とのさま【殿様】1 〔主君〕 a lord; a prince; 〔領主〕 a feudal lord.●殿様のような lordly; lordlike.
●まるでお殿様になったかのような待遇を受けた. I was treated like royalty.
2 〔育ちがよく世事に疎い男性〕 a man brought up away from the world.●こんなこともご存じないとはさすがお殿様だね. He was brought up so far from the world that he doesn't know about such things.
大殿様 the elder [senior] lord.殿様扱い●殿様扱いされる be treated like a lord.
殿様風(かぜ) a lordly air.殿様暮らし●殿様暮らしをする live like a prince.
殿様芸 dilettantism.殿様商売 a dilettantish business.●殿様商売だから倒産したのだ. You went bankrupt because you're an amateur at business [you don't know how to handle customers, you sat back and waited for business to come to you].
殿様商法 an amateurish [a dilettante] way of doing business.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.