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
- —新古本remaindered book; discounted new book
- —冊子本bound book
- —五本箸eating with one's hands; five chopsticks
- —本下水connection to public sewerage
- —基本波fundamental wave; fundamental
- —本気汁vaginal secretion
- —本生譚ancient Indian collection of tales on the early lives of Buddha (ca. 4th century BCE); Jataka
- —本生経ancient Indian collection of tales on the early lives of Buddha (ca. 4th century BCE); Jataka
- —中古本used book; secondhand book
- —署名本signed book; autographed book
- —本邦初first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan
- —資本論Das Kapital (by Karl Marx); Capital: A Critique of Political Economy
- —二本足two legs
- —布絵本busy book; quiet book
- —腕一本one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
- —一坪本社small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
- —一本立てsingle standard; single base; single-feature show
- —一本やりsticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; focusing solely on; devotion to; single spear; one's sole talent; one's only forte
- —一本調子monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
- —一本釣りfishing with a pole