Moto 本: Book; Present; MainKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホン
- Kun'yomi
- もと
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 1,145 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホン)
- 基本きほんbasics; fundamentals
- 本社ほんしゃhead office; main office
- 本部ほんぶheadquarters; head office
- 本人ほんにんthe person in question; the person themselves
- 本会議ほんかいぎplenary session; regular session
- 本塁打ほんるいだhome run
- 本当ほんとうtruth; reality
- 基本的きほんてきfundamental; basic
- 本来ほんらいoriginally; primarily
- 本格ほんかくoriginal method or procedure
- 本格的ほんかくてきgenuine; real
- 資本しほんfunds; capital
- 本名ほんみょうreal name
- 本体ほんたいsubstance; real form
- 本店ほんてんhead office; main office
- 本音ほんねreal intention; motive
- 脚本きゃくほんscript; screenplay
- 本因坊ほんいんぼうHon'inbō; Honinbo
- 本格化ほんかくかregularization; regularisation
- 本物ほんものgenuine article; real thing
- 本質ほんしつessence; true nature
- 本のほんのmere; only
- 本件ほんけんthis matter; this case
- 本国ほんごくhome country; one's own country
- 本拠ほんきょstronghold; inner citadel
- 本番ほんばんperformance; take
- 本文ほんぶんtext (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter)
- 本書ほんしょtext; script
- 絵本えほんpicture book
- 資本主義しほんしゅぎcapitalism
- 本位ほんいstandard; basis
- 本気ほんきseriousness; earnestness
- 本紙ほんしthis newspaper
- 社会資本しゃかいしほんsocial capital; SOC
- 台本だいほんscript; libretto
- 本土ほんどmainland; the country proper
- 本業ほんぎょうprincipal occupation; core business
- 本欄ほんらんthis column
- 本願ほんがんAmida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
- 自己資本じこしほんnet worth; owned capital
- 三本さんぼんthree (long cylindrical things)
- 本場ほんばhome (of something); place famous for its ...
- 資本金しほんきんcapital stock
- 単行本たんこうぼんtankōbon; (manga) volume
- 手本てほんcopybook
- 本命ほんめいfavorite (to win); favourite
- 本塁ほんるいbase; stronghold
Other readings
- 日本人にほんじんJapanese person; Japanese people
- 日本語にほんごJapanese (language)
- 一本いっぽんone long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.
- 抜本的ばっぽんてきdrastic; radical
- 日本一にほんいちJapan's best; number one in Japan
- 日本海にほんかいSea of Japan
- 根本こんぽんroot; source
- 西日本にしにほんwestern Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chūbu region and westward
- 日本銀行にっぽんぎんこうBank of Japan; BOJ
- 根本的こんぽんてきfundamental; basic
- 日本酒にほんしゅsake; Japanese rice wine
- 元本がんぽんprincipal (invest.); capital
- 日本画にほんがJapanese painting
Showing the 60 most common of 1,145 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 本
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