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
- —本のムシbookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
- —３本立てtriple feature (e.g. movie)
- —仕掛絵本pop-up book
- —本飯匙倩Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
- —本ワサビreal wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)
- —本当の所in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
- —本まぐろPacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
- —本天鵞絨silk velvet
- —一本グソlong stool (that one is able to press out entirely in one go without it getting cut off); (long) sausage-shaped poop; grogan
- —本ちゃんperformance; take; going before an audience or on-air; game; season; crucial moment; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated); penetration
- —ぞっき本remaindered books; remainders
- —基本のキthe absolute basics (esp. in educational contexts); most basic of basics; most fundamental thing
- —基本の基the absolute basics (esp. in educational contexts); most basic of basics; most fundamental thing
- —うすい本thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
- —えっち本pornographic book; adult book
- —本卦がえりreaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood
- —仕掛け絵本pop-up book
- —基本五文型the five basic sentence structures of English (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
- —揺らん期本incunable; incunabulum
- —絵入り根本illustrated kabuki script