主人公
Chinese edit
master; owner; host | just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
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trad. (主人公) | 主人 | 公 | |
simp. #(主人公) | 主人 | 公 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
主人公
- protagonist (main character)
- (literary, honorific) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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主 | 人 | 公 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
じん Grade: 1 |
こう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a protagonist (main character)
- この物語の主人公は蛙である。
- Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.
- The main character in this story is a frog.
- この物語の主人公は蛙である。
See also edit
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | ||
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主 | 人 | 公 |
Noun edit
主人公 • (ju'in'gong) (hangeul 주인공)
- Hanja form? of 주인공 (“protagonist”). (main character)