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
- —本門佛立宗Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)
- —最多本塁打the most home runs
- —環境基本法Basic Act on the Environment
- —トンデモ本sensationalist book; absurd book
- —新資本主義neocapitalism; New Capitalism (concept proposed by Fumio Kishida)
- —自由価格本book not subject to resale price maintenance; book priced by the seller
- —一本足打法one-legged batting stance; raised-foot stance; flamingo stance
- —手本を示すto set an example; to give someone a lead
- —金融資本家loan capitalist; financial capitalist
- —生活の本拠primary residence
- —リンパ本幹lymph duct; lymphatic duct
- —東海道本線Tokaido Main Line
- —本番に弱いfailing under pressure; not performing well under pressure
- —統合参謀本部Joint Chiefs of Staff
- —陸上作戦本部tactical operations center; tactical operations centre
- —修正資本主義modified capitalism
- —本態性高血圧essential hypertension
- —本腰を入れるto set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
- —二本立て映画double feature (movie)
- —資本主義社会capitalist society