Illustration: In a wordless adventure picture book being shared on a living-room floor, the same child with a distinctive backpack drives the story forward. The visible illustrated sequence follows her discovering a lost puppy, searching neighborhood lanes, and finally reaching its waiting owner.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ人じん公こう

shujinkou

main character, protagonist

Example sentences

主人公しゅじんこうは、本ほんの最後さいごで死しんだ。
The hero died at the end of the book.
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その劇げきは主人公しゅじんこうの死しで終おわる。
The play concludes with the hero’s death.
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彼かれほど平々凡々へいへいぼんぼんたる主人公しゅじんこうは珍めずらしい。
A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
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Kanji in 主人公

主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ

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