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主人公

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Chinese

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master; owner; host
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (主人公) 主人
simp. #(主人公) 主人

Pronunciation

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Noun

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主人公

  1. protagonist (main character)
  2. (literary, honorific) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 3
じん
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅ)(じん)(こう) (shujinkō

  1. a protagonist (main character)
    この(もの)(がたり)(しゅ)(じん)(こう)(かえる)である。
    Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.
    The main character in this story is a frog.

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 しゅじん‐こう 【主人公】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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主人公 (ju'in'gong) (hangeul 주인공)

  1. hanja form? of 주인공 (protagonist) (main character)