ヒーロー

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Japanese

 ヒーロー on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English hero.

Pronunciation

Noun

ヒーロー • (hīrō) 

  1. a hero (person of great bravery)
    • 1997 July 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)23(にじゅうさん)　アメリカン・ヒーロー〈後(こう)編(へん)〉 [Battle 23: American Hero ‹Last Chapter›]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう) [King of Games], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 81:
      友(とも)也(や)…パパは間(ま)違(ちが)っていたよ……このマスクに隠(かく)れていた…友(とも)達(だち)のために傷(きず)ついた顔(かお)こそが本(ほん)当(とう)のヒーローの顔(かお)だったんだね…
      Tomoya… papa wa machigatte ita yo…… Kono masuku ni kakurete ita… tomodachi no tame ni kizutsuita kao koso ga hontō no hīrō no kao datta n da ne…
      Tomoya… I was wrong…… Under this mask… the face that took a beating for friends, was the true face of a hero…
    • 2009 August 24 [2006 November 7], Naoyuki Kageyama, “Ｇ(ジー)Ｘ(エックス)－２(ツー)　その名(な)は万(まん)城(じょう)目(め)‼ [GX-2: That Name is Manjōme!!]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう)[Ｇ](ジー)[Ｘ](エックス) [King of Games GX], 22nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo, →ISBN, page 49:
      Ｅ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー) エアーマンを攻(こう)撃(げき)表(ひょう)示(じ)で召(しょう)喚(かん)‼
      Erementaru Hīrō Eāman o Kōgeki Hyōji de shōkan‼
      I summon Elemental HERO Airman in Attack Mode!!
    • 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “１(いち)撃(げき)目(め)　一(いち)撃(げき) [1st Hit: One Hit]”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19:
      何(なに)者(もの)だお前(まえ)は
      Nanimono da omae wa
      Who the hell are you?
      趣(しゅ)味(み)でヒーローをやっている者(もの)だ
      Shumi de hīrō o yatte iru mono da
      Just a guy who does hero stuff as a hobby
      なんだその適(てき)当(とう)な設(せっ)定(てい)は…
      Nan da sono tekitō na settei wa…
      What a half-assed setup…
    • 2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], spoken by Chloe Price (Lynn), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:
      マックスはあたしのヒーローだ
      Makkusu wa atashi no hīrō da
      You’re my hero, Max
  2. a hero (main protagonist)

Usage notes

  • In the sense of "protagonist", this word generally refers to male characters. ヒロイン (hiroin) is used for female protagonists instead.

See also

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