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
- —根本的Popularfundamental; basic
- —資本金Popularcapital stock
- —単行本Popularstandalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
- —抜本的Populardrastic; radical
- —不本意Popularreluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for; disappointing
- —本会議Popularplenary session; regular session
- —本格化Popularregularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
- —本格的Populargenuine; real; authentic; standard; orthodox; full-scale; full-blown; all-out; full-fledged; fully fledged; full; proper; real; earnest; serious
- —本調子Popularone's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
- —本塁打Popularhome run
- —資本家Popularcapitalist; financier
- —張本人Popularoriginator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
- —本当にPopularreally; truly
- —総本山Popularhead temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
- —本予算Popularmain budget
- —本因坊PopularHon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
- —本質的Popularessential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
- —資本主義Popularcapitalism
- —二本立てPopulardouble feature (movie)
- —戸籍謄本Popularofficial copy of the family register