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
- —複本duplicate; copy
- —本當truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
- —摸本copy of an original manuscript, picture, piece of calligraphy, etc.
- —摹本copy of an original manuscript, picture, piece of calligraphy, etc.
- —板本woodblock-printed book; book printed from woodblocks
- —本立(a pair of) bookends
- —本選final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
- —闕本missing volume
- —本間truth; reality
- —４本four (long cylindrical things)
- —２本two (long cylindrical things)
- —本篇original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; main part(s) of a story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series; movie version of a TV series
- —本鮪Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
- —本皮real leather
- —御本book
- —麁本Chinese classic without reading aids; book without reading aids
- —本榧genuine kaya (as opposed to imitation kaya)
- —噺本hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)
- —話本hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)
- —一本槍sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; focusing solely on; devotion to; single spear; one's sole talent; one's only forte