Illustration: At a flooded residential street in Japan, an exhausted resident steps from a rescue boat carrying a child safely above the water. Their torn sleeve and soaked clothes show the difficulty of the rescue.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

英えい雄ゆう

eiyuu

hero

Example sentences

英雄えいゆうも従者じゅうしゃにはただの人ひと。
No man is a hero to his valet.
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俺おれは英雄えいゆう。
I’m a hero.
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その勝利しょうりで彼かれは英雄えいゆうになった。
His victory made him a hero.
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Kanji in 英雄

英English; outstandingOnエイKunはなぶさ
雄masculine; maleOnユウKunお-・おす・おん

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