ヒロイン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English heroine.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ヒロ​イン [hìróꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [çiɾo̞ĩɴ]

Noun

ヒロイン (rōmaji hiroin)

  1. a heroine (female hero)
    • 2013, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい四百三十四訓くん　オシャレとはオシャレと言こと葉ばにした時じ点てんでかき消きえるものなり [Lesson 434: It’s No Longer Fashionable the Moment You Said ‘Fashionable’]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 49 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha:
      うるせーな　ファッションの出 (しゅつ)自 (じ)なんてどうでもいいだろ　問 (もん)題 (だい)はそれをどう着 (き)こなすか　肝 (かん)心 (じん)なのは結 (けっ)局 (きょく)中 (なか)身 (み)なんだよ
      Urusē na Fasshon no shutsuji nan te dō demo ii daro Mondai wa sore o dō kikonasu ka Kanjin na no wa kekkyoku nakami nan da yo
      Shaddap. Where fashion comes from don’t matter. What matters is how you put it on. The key is what’s inside.
      そうアル　ペ○スケースこんだけオシャレに着 (き)こなすヒロイン　ジャンプにいるアルか
      Sō aru Pe○su kēsu kon dake oshare ni kikonasu hiroin Janpu ni iru aru ka
      True, eh. Is there even another Jump heroine who could pull it off with a p*nis case like this, eh?
      ペ○スケース頭 (あたま)につけてる時 (じ)点 (てん)でヒロインじゃねーよ‼
      Pe○su kēsu atama ni tsuketeru jiten de hiroin ja nē yo‼
      You’re no longer a heroine the moment you put a friggin’ p*nis case on your head‼

Usage notes

  • Chiefly used in the sense of "female protagonist". In the sense of "person of great bravery", ヒーロー (hīrō, “hero”) may be used instead.

See also

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