主人公 – vocab dash

主しゅ人じん公こう

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Meanings

Noun

1. protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

2. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store) (Honorific)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

しゅじんこう

Composed of

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess

Noun

public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public; duke; prince; Sir; Lord; familiar or derogatory suffix

Noun

Used in vocabulary

heroine; female protagonist

Noun

Examples7

主しゅ人じん公こうは、本ほんの最さい後ごで死しんだ。

The hero died at the end of the book.

その劇げきは主しゅ人じん公こうの死しで終おわる。

The play concludes with the hero's death.

しかし、主しゅ人じん公こうは自みずからの誤あやまりに気きづいている。

However the protagonist is aware of his own mistakes.

ジャックの冒ぼう険けんは、多おおくのスリラー物ものの主しゅ人じん公こうの冒ぼう険けんよりも素す晴ばらしい。

Jack's adventures are more amazing than those of the hero in many thrillers.

主しゅ人じん公こうは、子こ供どもの頃ころ、親おやにほったらかしにされて苦くるしんだ。

The hero, as a child, suffered from parental neglect.

彼かれほど平へい々へい凡ぼん々ぼんたる主しゅ人じん公こうは珍めずらしい。

A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.