[しゅじんこう, shujinkou] (n) (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); (2) head of household; (P) #1309
[しゅたい, shutai] (n) (1) main constituent; core; nucleus; (2) (See 客体, 主観) subject (philosophical); protagonist; (P) #3659
[わき, waki] (n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P) #5679
[antagonisuto] (n, adj-f) antagonist
[きょうぎしゃ, kyougisha] (n) agonist
[して, shite] (n) (1) doer; performer; (2) (uk) protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character; (3) (仕手 only) speculator (in trading); (P)
[しゅこう, shukou] (n) (1) (arch) master; (2) (arch) main character; protagonist
[しりをまくる;けつをまくる, shiriwomakuru ; ketsuwomakuru] (exp, v5r) to abandon a humble attitude and get on one's high horse; suddenly to assume an antagonistic attitude
[たいりついけん, tairitsuiken] (n) conflicting (opposite, contrasting) opinion; antagonistic view
[たいりつかんじょう, tairitsukanjou] (n) feeling of antipathy (rivalry); antagonistic sentiment
[てきたいしゃ, tekitaisha] (n) opponent; antagonist
[あまのじゃく, amanojaku] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (1) perverse or cussed person; contrarian; (2) antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; (3) demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
[たてやく, tateyaku] (n) leading actor; protagonist
[きっこうきん, kikkoukin] (n) antagonist (muscle)