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
- —株主資本shareholder's equity; capital stock
- —法定資本legal capital; legal stock
- —動物標本zoological specimen
- —本番行為sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.)
- —本みりん(true) mirin; mirin containing alcohol
- —本醸造酒sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne
- —一本勝ちwinning by an ippon; winning by a point
- —千本格子lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)
- —一目千本place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance (esp. Mount Yoshino in Nara Prefecture)
- —元本割れfalling below par (value); loss of principal
- —住民謄本certified copy of certificate of residence
- —一本締めhand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once); single clap after a cheer
- —印刷本紙actual printing stock; paper stock used for a final print run
- —ものの本some book; book about that subject; books
- —標本分散sample variance
- —本領発揮show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
- —資本参加capital participation; equity participation
- —サイン本signed book; autographed book
- —本チャンperformance; take; going before an audience or on-air; game; season; crucial moment; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated); penetration
- —本人確認identity verification