登場人物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
登	場	人	物
とう Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
on'yomi	goon	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 登場(とうじょう) (tōjō) + 人物(じんぶつ) (jinbutsu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーじょーじんぶつ [tòójóójíꜜǹbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑo̞ːʑĩmbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

登(とう)場(じょう)人(じん)物(ぶつ) • (tōjōjinbutsu) ^{←とうぢやうじんぶつ (toudyauzinbutu)^?}

character (a being in a story)

Synonyms

キャラクター (kyarakutā)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN