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
- —一本立ちindependence
- —仮名手本Japanese kana copybook
- —確率標本random sample
- —基本概念basic concept; fundamental concept
- —基本原理fundamental idea; basic concept
- —基本合意basic agreement
- —基本条件basic conditions
- —基本的にbasically; fundamentally
- —興味本位(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
- —公称資本authorized capital; authorised capital
- —三本締めthreefold repetition of the "ipponjime" 3-3-3-1 hand-clapping pattern to celebrate a conclusion or completion
- —参謀本部General Staff Headquarters
- —事業本部corporate headquarters; (company) group
- —人本主義humanism; humanitarianism
- —捜査本部(criminal) investigation headquarters
- —他力本願salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
- —単本位性single standard; monometallism; monometalism
- —内容見本sample pages
- —二本建てdual system; double standard
- —二本差しtwo-sworded (samurai)