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
- —統括本部general headquarters
- —三本勝負a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
- —自家本位self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
- —実用本位pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes
- —実力本位the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability-based (promotion, pay scale, etc.); merit-based
- —自分本位self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
- —自力本願salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance
- —人物本位chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character
- —男性本位male orientation; male-oriented
- —抜本塞源eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil
- —本懐成就realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered
- —本人次第being up to the person himself
- —本領安堵recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
- —基本理念basic principle; fundamental principle
- —本人負担paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.
- —基本原則fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
- —本来ならby all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
- —国連本部United Nations (UN) Headquarters
- —台本作家scriptwriter
- —本膳料理extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)