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
- —本堂Popularmain hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
- —本日Populartoday; this day
- —本年Popularthis (current) year
- —本箱Popularbookcase
- —本番Popularperformance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie); production environment
- —本命Popularfavorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
- —本流Popularmain course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
- —本領Popularcharacteristic quality; special character; one's real ability; one's specialty; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
- —本塁Popularbase; stronghold; main fort; home base; home plate
- —古本Popularsecondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
- —読本Popularreading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
- —配本Populardistribution of books
- —本土Popularmainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
- —本山Popularhead temple; this temple
- —本件Popularthis matter; this case
- —本欄Popularthis column
- —四本Popularfour (long cylindrical things)
- —基本的Popularfundamental; basic
- —見本市Populartrade fair
- —古本屋Popularsecondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller