Kanji1 / 5
本 kanji
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ホン
Kun readings
もと
Variant forms
夲Words with 本
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —古写本old manuscript; codex
- —古版本old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier
- —御本尊principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
- —三本足three legs (two legs and a cane)
- —少資本small capital
- —上製本hardcover book; hardback book
- —人情本ninjōbon; novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk
- —単本位single standard; monometallism; monometalism
- —二本棒simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler; sniveller; two-sworded samurai
- —発禁本banned book
- —文庫本small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
- —本街道main road
- —本拠地stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
- —本金庫main depository
- —本契約contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand
- —本結びsquare knot
- —本建築permanent construction
- —本降りheavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
- —本国人native; citizen
- —本試験final examination