主人公
N1しゅじんこう shujinkou
- protagonist
- main character
- hero(ine) (of a story)
- head of household
noun
Chinese meanings
主人公;主角
Examples
- 主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。The hero died at the end of the book.主人公在书的结尾死了。
- その劇は主人公の死で終わる。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"
}
}