Meaning
張本人 (ちょうほんにん, chouhonnin) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “author; originator”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
その 男が 事件の 張本人だ
The man was the ringleader of the incident.
このうわさの 張本人はだれだ?
Who is at the bottom of these rumors?
議定において源通親・隆季は「園城寺は衆徒が退散したので張本人を捕らえるだけで良い。
At the public meeting, MINAMOTO no Michichika and Takasue argued that 'Since the armed clergy of Onjo-ji temple disbanded of their own accord, simply arresting the ringleaders will be sufficient punishment.
自民党などからは「独裁・暗黒時代」「京都を極限まで遅らせた張本人」という批判がある。
Some of the LDP and other parties criticized Ninagawa for his 'dictatorship and bringing a dark age' and for 'being blamed for having delayed the development of Kyoto excessively.'
西光が師高の流罪を嘆き、強訴の張本人が明雲であるとして処罰を訴えたことが原因であったという。
It is said that this was caused by Saiko, who saddened by the exile of Morotaka, blamed Myoun as the leader of the demonstrations and demanded punishment.
仏教以外の日常生活において、ものごとの張本人や端倪すべからざる人物、大切にすべき物などのこと。
In daily life outside of Buddhism, the central person or person who should not be sidelined or a precious object.
このような中で延暦寺への恨みを抱く西光は後白河に、天台座主・明雲が強訴の張本人であり処罰することを訴えた。
In this situation, Saiko, who had a deep resentment towards Enryaku-ji Temple, demanded that Tendai Zasu (Chief Tendai Abbot) Myoun was the leader of the direct petition and asked Goshirakawa to punish him.
仁和寺にいた後白河院にすがり助命を嘆願するが、朝廷は信頼を謀反の張本人として許さず、六条河原で斬首された。
At Ninna-ji Temple, where Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa had gone, he pleaded for clemency, but the Imperial Court did not pardon Nobuyori as ringleader of insurrection and he was beheaded at the Rokujo-gawara execution grounds.
彼が今度の騒ぎの張本人だ. He is the man who is behind this uproar.彼が今度の騒ぎの張本人だ. He is the ringleader of the present disturbance.オペラ座の怪人(2004年の映画)ではファントムをパレ・ガルニエに引き入れた張本人。
In "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004 movie), she is depicted as the very person who brought the Phantom into Palais Garnier.