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主しゅ人じん公こう

N1
しゅじんこう shujinkou
  1. protagonist
  2. main character
  3. hero(ine) (of a story)
  4. head of household
noun

Chinese meanings

主人公;主角

Examples

  • 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.
    主人公在书的结尾死了。
  • 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.
    那出戏以主人公之死结束。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('818ef1c8d8'); // 主人公
{
  "id": "818ef1c8d8",
  "word": "主人公",
  "reading": "しゅじんこう",
  "romaji": "shujinkou",
  "meanings": [
    "protagonist",
    "main character",
    "hero(ine) (of a story)",
    "head of household"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1325680,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。",
      "furigana": "{主人公|しゅじんこう}は、{本|ほん}の{最後|さいご}で{死|し}んだ。",
      "en": "The hero died at the end of the book.",
      "tatoeba_id": 148695
    },
    {
      "ja": "その劇は主人公の死で終わる。",
      "furigana": "その{劇|げき}は{主人公|しゅじんこう}の{死|し}で{終|お}わる。",
      "en": "The play concludes with the hero's death.",
      "tatoeba_id": 211158
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "8aaa730b24080d50d18aca52eec0044f9eb8ce251a9f7068d4728d29bec3bed0",
    "meanings": [
      "主人公",
      "主角"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。",
        "zh": "主人公在书的结尾死了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その劇は主人公の死で終わる。",
        "zh": "那出戏以主人公之死结束。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/818ef1c8d8",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1325680; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "5d6a30e97e4c21a268837523bb869099d56e000bbb6c419f92f9456108db970f",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}