How would you go about adding a word with multiple readings and meanings to anki?

I was watching a show recently, mining for words and during the show they used the word 大家 but not with the reading or meaning that I was familiar with.

According to Jisho there are 3 ways to read this word, all with different meanings attached.

たいか meaning a master, expert, authority, etc.

おおや meaning a landlord or landlady

たいけ meaning rich family or distinguished family.

I always have my cards set up so it only shows me the word by itself, because having an example sentence on the front feels like a crutch. Like "Oh this sentence starts with 僕はこの… so I know it's this word." Instead of learning the kanji associated with the word, I just learn the example sentence associated with the word. But in this sort of scenario I might need to break my rule just so I can have a separation between these three readings and meanings.

by ImDuckDamnYou

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