ヒロイン
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English heroine.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a heroine (female hero)
Usage notes edit
- Chiefly used in the sense of "female protagonist". In the sense of "person of great bravery", ヒーロー (hīrō, “hero”) may be used instead.
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN