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
- —博物標本natural history specimen
- —本土決戦decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
- —本塁打王home run king; home run leader
- —体が資本health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
- —他人資本borrowed capital; loan capital; debt capital
- —本日休業Closed Today
- —外国資本foreign capital
- —本サイトthis website; this site
- —植物標本botanical specimen; herbarium
- —消防本部fire department; fire defense headquarters
- —本格焼酎shōchū made by the simple distillation process
- —資本規制capital controls; capital regulation
- —本番環境production environment
- —事件本人party to the case; parties concerned
- —授権資本authorized capital
- —民族資本national capital; native capital; domestic capital
- —本質主義essentialism
- —基本語彙core vocabulary; basic vocabulary
- —基準標本type specimen
- —郵便本局general post office