Dictionary / Vocabulary / 主人公
しゅじんこう
protagonist; main character; hero; heroine
JLPT N1 common word
彼ほど平々凡々たる主人公は珍しい。
A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
しかし、主人公は自らの誤りに気づいている。
However the protagonist is aware of his own mistakes.
主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。
The hero died at the end of the book.