Japanese edit

 ヒロイン on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English heroine.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ヒロイン (hiroin

  1. 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. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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