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
- —攻略本strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
- —通行本popular book; widely-read book; book of which there are many copies
- —本気度(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
- —本土人mainlander; person from the mainland
- —一本箸single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral
- —本支店head and branch offices
- —本気でseriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
- —基本列fundamental sequence; Cauchy sequence
- —基本群fundamental group
- —本かやgenuine kaya (as opposed to imitation kaya)
- —半紙本Japanese book size (approx. 17.5cm by 25cm)
- —蒟蒻本Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm); late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district
- —本百姓freeholding farmer (Edo period); freeholding peasant
- —古本市secondhand book fair; antiquarian book market
- —草本帯floral zone; herb zone
- —基本音fundamental tone; fundamental note
- —本登記full registration (e.g. real estate transaction); non-provisional registration
- —本採用permanent employment; being hired as a regular employee; non-trial appointment
- —本ガスtown gas; piped gas; reticulated gas
- —初版本first edition (book)