ヒーロー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hero.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ヒーロー [híꜜìròò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [çiːɾo̞ː]

Noun

ヒーロー • (hīrō)

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)〉”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう), 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)‼”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう)[Ｇ](ジー)[Ｘ](エックス), 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)”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】), 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
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.

ヒーロー

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

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