Japanese Words Containing 本

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
日本	にほん	Japan	n5
本	もと	origin; source; beginning; basis	n5
本当に	ほんとうに	really; truly
本當に	ほんとうに	really; truly
本当	ほんとう	truth; reality; actuality; fact	n5
本當	ほんとう	truth; reality; actuality; fact	n5
日本人	にほんじん	Japanese person	n5
基本	きほん	basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation	n3
本来	ほんらい	originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically	n3
日本語	にほんご	Japanese (language)	n5
根本	こんぽん	root; source; origin; foundation	n2
本人	ほんにん	the person in question; the person themselves; said person	n3
本質	ほんしつ	essence; true nature; substance; reality	n2
本能	ほんのう	instinct	n2
本気	ほんき	seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity	n2
資本	しほん	funds; capital	n1
本郷	ほんごう	one's hometown
本物	ほんもの	genuine article; real thing; real deal	n4
本日	ほんじつ	today; this day	n3
全日本	ぜんにほん	all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships
脚本	きゃくほん	script; screenplay; scenario	n1
本部	ほんぶ	headquarters; head office; main office
熊本	くまもと	Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
本体	ほんたい	substance; true form; true character; main part	n1
日本一	にほんいち	Japan's best; number one in Japan
日本酒	にほんしゅ	sake (rice wine); saké
本心	ほんしん	true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind	n2
本名	ほんみょう	real name
本格	ほんかく	original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
本性	ほんしょう	true character; real nature
旗本	はたもと	headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
本文	ほんぶん	text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence	n3
本堂	ほんどう	main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
本所	ほんしょ	main office; this office	n1
山本	やまもと	foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery
本意	ほんい	real intention; true motive; true will; original intention	n1
絵本	えほん	picture book	n4
本屋	ほんや	bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building	n5
本国	ほんごく	home country; one's own country; country of origin; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state)
東日本	ひがしにほん	eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
本家	ほんけ	head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator
標本	ひょうほん	specimen; sample; (classic) example; type
本道	ほんどう	highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
本望	ほんもう	long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
基本的	きほんてき	fundamental; basic
日本刀	にほんとう	Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
本社	ほんしゃ	head office; main office; headquarters; parent company	n2
基本的に	きほんてきに	basically; fundamentally
本作	ほんさく	this piece; this work
見本	みほん	sample; specimen; pattern; model	n3
本位	ほんい	standard; basis; principle	n1
本格的	ほんかくてき	genuine; real; authentic; standard	n2
手本	てほん	model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon	n2
本場	ほんば	home (of something); place famous for its ...; center (e.g. of manufacture); best place (for)	n1
本箱	ほんばこ	bookcase
本尊	ほんぞん	principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon
本職	ほんしょく	principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert
本店	ほんてん	head office; main office; main store; flagship store
日本海	にほんかい	Sea of Japan
読本	とくほん	reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual
西日本	にしにほん	western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
古本屋	ふるほんや	secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
本書	ほんしょ	main text; original text; this book; this volume	n1
一本	いっぽん	one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call
本音	ほんね	real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks	n2
本式	ほんしき	formal (way); orthodox; regular; proper
本線	ほんせん	main line; trunk line
本年	ほんねん	this (current) year
本領	ほんりょう	characteristic quality; special character; one's real ability; one's specialty
本陣	ほんじん	troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
本筋	ほんすじ	main thread (of a story)	n1
熊本県	くまもとけん	Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
熊本縣	くまもとけん	Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
本塁打	ほんるいだ	home run
本土	ほんど	mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born
底本	ていほん	original text; source book; draft
本棚	ほんだな	bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase	n5
古本	ふるほん	secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books	n3
お手本	おてほん	model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
単行本	たんこうぼん	standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series	n1
本誌	ほんし	main section (of a magazine or journal); central portion; this magazine; our journal
生一本	きいっぽん	straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
本流	ほんりゅう	main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
写本	しゃほん	manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription
本分	ほんぶん	one's duty; one's part	n3
日本史	にほんし	Japanese history; history of Japan
本州	ほんしゅう	Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
原本	げんぽん	original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
本然	ほんぜん	natural; inborn; inherent; innate
本丸	ほんまる	inner citadel; core; center; centre
本拠	ほんきょ	stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
本山	ほんざん	head temple; this temple
本懐	ほんかい	one's long-cherished desire
本番	ほんばん	performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take; game	n2
本業	ほんぎょう	principal occupation; core business	n2
日本国	にほんこく	Japan
本サイト	ほんサイト	this website; this site
本田	ほんでん	rice paddy
本館	ほんかん	main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
本義	ほんぎ	true meaning; underlying principle

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