Kanji: 本

    • Meaning : book,present,main,true,real,"counter for long cylindrical things"
    • ON reading : ホン
    • KUN reading : もと
    • Nanori : まと
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 10
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - にほんざりがに - Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
  • の - ほんの - mere/only/just
  • わず - なまよいほんしょうたがわず - In wine there is truth
  • - ろうどうきほんけん - basic labor rights/basic workers' rights
  • - きほんてきけんり - basic right/fundamental right
  • - きほんけん - fundamental right (legal)/fundamental human right
  • - きほんせっけい - baseline design/preliminary design/basic design
  • - ほんしゃくなげ | ホンシャクナゲ - Rhododendron metternichii
  • - しほんりとくぜい - capital gains tax/CGT
  • - げんしりょくきほんほう - Atomic Energy Basic Law
  • き - ほんびらき - functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e., those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) | surgeon's cuffs
  • - ほんきょく - traditional Japanese music
  • - ほんせっぱ - functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e., those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) | surgeon's cuffs
  • - ほんかれ - high grade katsuobushi (with mold)
  • - ほうていのうほん - legal deposit
  • システム - ほんシステム - main, primary system
  • - ほんたいしゅべつひょうじ - typed body
  • - ほんばんうんよう - production run
  • ドキュメント - ほんドキュメント - primary document
  • - ほんたいしゅうだん - body group
  • - ほんらいじゅしんしゃ - preferred recipient
  • | らん - ようらんきぼん - incunabulum
  • - ひょうほんぶんぷ - sampling distribution
  • - ひょうほんじこく - sampling time
  • - りょういきがたしゅつりょくきほんようそ - area primitive
  • システム - ほんがくシステム - expert system
  • - ほんたいぶあんごうかひょうじ - body part encryption indication
  • モード - にほんごモード - Japanese mode
  • FEP - にほんごにゅうりょくFEP - Japanese text entry front-end program
  • - にゅうりょくきほんようそ - input primitive
  • ドメイン - にほんごドメインめい - Japanese domain name
  • - にほんごかんきょう - Japanese environment
  • - にほんでんしこうぎょうしんこうきょうかい - JEIDA/Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
  • - のうほんとしょかん - deposit library
  • - ひょうほんかんかく - sampling interval
  • - ふくしきほんたい - multi-part body
  • メール - ほんメール - original mail
  • - ほんたいぶ - body part
  • - にほんごか - Japanese localization
  • - にほんでんしきかいこうぎょうかい - Electronic Industries Association of Japan/EIAJ
  • ワードプロセッサ - にほんごワードプロセッサ - Japanese word processor
  • - にほんごはん - Japanese (language) version, edition
  • - ひょうほんかていり - sampling theorem
  • - しょきかんぼん - incunabulum
  • - しょひょうみほん - press copy/review copy
  • - たふごうきほんぐしょうこうぶん - multicode basic concrete syntax
  • - しゅつりょくきほんようそ - display element/graphic primitive/output primitive
  • らい - みはからいそうほん - sending on approval/sending on approbation
  • - しゅつりょくきほんようそのひょうじようそう - aspects of output primitives
  • SGML - きほんSGMLぶんしょ - basic SGML document
  • ウィンドウ - きほんウィンドウ - base window
  • - きほんわりつけたいしょうたい - basic layout object
  • - きほんがたふごうか - primitive encoding
  • - きほんこうもく - elementary item
  • - きほんそくていたんい - basic measurement unit
  • システム - きほんにゅうしゅつりょくシステム - basic input-output system/BIOS
  • - きほんぶんしょようそ - base document element
  • - きほんようそのひょうじようそう - aspects of primitives
  • インターフェース - きほんインターフェース - basic interface
  • - きほんがい - non-basic
  • - きほんぎじゅつ - basic technology
  • - きほんこうせいぶひん - basic component
  • - きほんそうごせつぞくしけん - basic interconnection tests
  • サービス - きほんでんわサービス - basic telephone service
  • - きほんぶんしょがた - base document type
  • - きほんもくひょう - basic objective
  • - かいはつきほんせん - developmental baseline
  • - いんようしようほんたい - interface body
  • - かなかんじへんかんがたにほんぶんにゅうりょくそうち - kana-to-kanji conversion Japanese input method
  • レジストリサービス - かぶしきがいしゃにほんレジストリサービス - Japanese company registry service
  • アクセス - きほんアクセスほう - basic access method
  • ソフトウェア - きほんソフトウェア - basic software
  • - きほんきごう - basic symbol
  • - きほんけいしき - basic format
  • プログラム - きほんせいぎょプログラム - BCP/Basic Control Program
  • - きほんち - basic value
  • - きほんぶん - basic statement
  • - きほんめい - primitive name
  • - きほんろんりたいしょうたい - basic logical object
  • - いっぱんかさくがきほんようそ - generalized drawing primitive
  • キーボード - かくちょうにほんごキーボード - enhanced (Japanese) keyboard
  • アクセスインターフェース - きほんアクセスインターフェース - basic rate interface/BRI
  • サービス - きほんサービス - basic service
  • - きほんきのう - basic functionality
  • リンク - きほんがたリンクせいぎょ - basic mode link control
  • - きほんじょうたい - basic state/basic status
  • - きほんたげんごめん - basic multi-lingual plane/BMP
  • - きほんぶつりひょうげん - basic physical rendition/PD PR
  • - きほんへんすう - basic variable
  • - きほんようそぞくせい - primitive attribute
  • - いほん - different edition/another book/strange book
  • - ひとつぼほんしゃ - small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
  • - いっぽんばし - (a) log bridge
  • | やり - いっぽんやり - guiding principle/single-minded policy/one's sole talent
  • ち - いっぽんだち - independence
  • マクロ - マクロほんたい - macro definition/macro prototype
  • て - いっぽんだて - (a) single standard
  • 調 - いっぽんぢょうし | いっぽんちょうし - monotone
  • - いっぽんぎ - (a) one-track mind/monotony
  • - いっぽんすぎ - (a) solitary cryptomeria tree
  • - いっぽんみち - direct unforked road/straight path
  • - いんぽん - printed book
  • - いっぽん - one long cylindrical thing | one version | (a) certain book | (a) blow | an experienced geisha
  • - いっぽんまつ - solitary pine tree
  • り - いっぽんづり | いっぽんずり - fishing with a pole
  • - いんぽん - drama/playbook
  • - えんぽん - one-yen book
  • ページ - ページほんたい - page body
  • パラメタ - パラメタほうしきしゅつりょくきほんようそ - parametric output primitive
  • とじ | - かりとじほん - booklet/paper-bound book | brochure
  • - かなでほん - Japanese kana copybook
  • - かなほん - book (etc.) written entirely in kana
  • データ - データつきしゅつりょくきほんようそ - with-data primitives
  • - がほん - picture copybook
  • - えほん - picture book
  • - こっけいぼん - comic books
  • グラフィック - グラフィックきほんようそのひょうじようそう - aspects of primitives
  • - かくりつひょうほん - random sample
  • - まるぼん | まるほん - reciter's book/complete set of books
  • - きほん - foundation/basis/standard
  • - きほんごうい - basic agreement
  • に - きほんてきに - basically/fundamentally
  • コンセプト - きほんコンセプト - basic concept
  • - きほんしゅうはすう - fundamental frequency
  • - きほんげんり - fundamental idea/basic concept
  • - きほんてき - fundamental/standard/basic
  • - きほんがいねん - basic overview/basic concept
  • - きほんじょうけん - basic conditions
  • グラフィック - グラフィックきほんようそ - graphical primitive elements
  • - ぎほん - spurious book/forgery
  • - きゃくほん - script/screenplay/scenario
  • - きょうほん - textbook
  • - きょうみほんい - (just) out of curiosity/(just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity/aimed chiefly at amusing/sensational (e.g. magazine)
  • - くまもとけん - Kumamoto prefecture (Kyuushuu)
  • - きょうほん - sutra book
  • - ほんじしん - (dharma-body of) Vairocana
  • - さんこうぼん - reference book
  • - けんぽん - silk used in artwork
  • | | | - もと - origin/source | base/foundation | cause | ingredient | (somebody's) side/(somebody's) location | original cost (or capital, principal, etc.) | trunk | first section of a waka | counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
  • - がんぽん | げんぽん - principal (invest.)/capital
  • - けんていぼん - presentation book
  • - こしゃほん - old manuscript/codex
  • - ふるほんや - second hand bookstore (bookshop)
  • - にほんりょういき - set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
  • - みほんいち - trade fair
  • - げんぽん - the original/original copy/script
  • - みほん - sample
  • - ほんぎょう - main sutra (of a lecture)
  • - ほんじ | ほんち - true form of a buddha | land of origin
  • - こはんぼん - old edition
  • られた - いっぽんとられた - touche'/you've got me there
  • - にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき - set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
  • ザリガニ - にほんザリガニ - Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
  • | ご - ごほんぞん - principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva)/principal image/idol | the man himself/the person at the heart of the matter
  • - にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき - set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
  • - にほんごがく - Japanese linguistics
  • | - まなぼん - book (etc.) written entirely in kanji
  • 稿 - こうほん - manuscript
  • - こうしょうしほん - authorized capital/authorised capital
  • - せんぼんやり | センボンヤリ - Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
  • - がっぽん - collection in one volume
  • - きほんごぶんけい - the five basic sentence structures (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
  • - こくほん - wood-block book
  • - ひょうほんか - sampling (e.g. in signal processing)
  • - にほんゆうせんたいしょう - Japan Cable Radio Awards
  • - しょくにほんこうき - Shoku Nihon Kouki (fourth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • | | | - こんげん | ねもと | こんぽん - root/source/origin/foundation/base/principle
  • - にほんもんとくてんのうじつろく - Nihon Montoku Tenno Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • - こんぽんてき - fundamental/basic
  • - にほんごきょういく - Japanese-language education (for non-native speakers)
  • - にほんこうき - Nihon Kouki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • - にほんさんだいじつろく - Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • - さんぼん - three (long cylindrical things)
  • - すりほん - printed book
  • - さいしょくしゃほん - illuminated manuscript
  • - にほんごわしゃ - Japanese speaker
  • - そうほんそう - herbaceous layer
  • - にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう - schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
  • でおk - にほんごでオッケー - implies the message being replied to is nonsensical/Can I have that in Japanese?
  • め - さんぼんじめ - hand-clapping patter (at start of party)
  • - にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう - schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
  • - さんぼうほんぶ - General Staff Headquarters
  • - ほんもろこ | ホンモロコ - willow gudgeon (species of fish, Gnathopogon caerulescens)
  • - にっぽんでんしんでんわこうしゃ | にほんでんしんでんわこうしゃ - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)
  • - しょくにほんぎ - Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • - にほんぎんこうけん - Japanese banknote
  • - さんぼんあし - three legs (two legs and a cane)
  • - みほんせいきゅう - sample request
  • - にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅう - Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)
  • - しほんしゅぎ - capitalism
  • - じぎょうほんぶ - corporate HQ
  • - しほん - funds/capital
  • - きほんすう - monoploid number
  • - だんじょきょうどうさんかくしゃかいきほんほう - Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society (1999)
  • - しほんきん - capital stock
  • - にっぽんでんしんでんわかぶしきがいしゃ | にほんでんしんでんわかぶしきがいしゃ - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation/NTT
  • - ふくしょくみほん - fashion plate
  • - しほんりえきりつ - return-on-investment ratio
  • - ほんじすいじゃくせつ - manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
  • - ほんゆう - innateness/innate feature (or character, etc.)
  • - しゃほん - manuscript/written copy/codex
  • - てほん - copybook | model/pattern
  • す - ほんきをだす - to make a serious effort
  • - ほんゆうてき - innate
  • - ほんめ - type of flat knot used in nets
  • ばなれ | れ - にほんじんばなれ - unJapanese in appearance or character
  • - こんぽんあく - radical evil (in Kantian philosophy)
  • - じっぽん | じゅっぽん - ten (long cylindrical things)
  • - ほんゆうかんねん - innate idea/innate ideas
  • - じゅんにほんふう - classical Japanese style
  • - ひょうほんへいきん - sample mean/sample average
  • - おかねほんい - money-centered way (of thinking)
  • - ほんがんじは - Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
  • - しょうほん - excerpt/abridgment/book of selections
  • - しょうしほん - small capital
  • - ほんさく - this piece/this work
  • - しょうめいとうほん - attested copy
  • - じょうせいぼん | じょうせいほん - best binding/deluxe edition
  • - にんじょうぼん - a novel
  • - じんぽんしゅぎ - humanism/humanitarianism
  • - にほんとうき | ニホントウキ - dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
  • - ほんがわ | ほんかわ - real leather
  • - いろみほん - color sample (for paint, etc.) (colour)/color chart (for choosing web colors, etc.) (colour)
  • - きほんじょうほう - basic information
  • コピー - コピーほん - photocopy book/staplebound book
  • - にほんじんまち - Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
  • - せいほん - original/original text/authenticated facsimile/authenticated copy
  • - しょうほん - book of registration/text of a play
  • - せいほん - book making (binding, publishing)
  • - にほんまち - Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
  • - せんじゅつこうくうとうせいほんぶ - tactical air control center (centre)
  • - ほんらいのめんぼく - one's true nature (lit: one's original face)
  • - にほんいもり | ニホンイモリ - Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
  • - そうさほんぶ - (criminal) investigation headquarters
  • - ほんさば - chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
  • - ばっぽん - eradication | drastic
  • - たりきほんがん - salvation by faith in Amitabha | relying upon others for attaining one's own objective
  • - だいほん - script/libretto/scenario
  • - ほんしょしごせん - prime meridian
  • - たんこうぼん - special book/separate volume/book of lectures
  • - たんほんい - single standard/monometallism/monometalism
  • - ぬきほん - excerpt/selection
  • - にほんしょくひんひょうじゅんせいぶんひょう - standard tables of food composition in Japan
  • - たんほんいせい - single standard/monometallism/monometalism
  • - たくほん - rubbed copy/folio of rubbings
  • - にほんりす | ニホンリス - Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
  • - にほんこくさいけいさつきょうかい - International Police Association Japan/IPA Japan
  • - ほんぐう | もとみや - main shrine
  • - れきほん - books related to the calendar/the calendar/the almanac
  • マグロ | | まぐろ - ほんマグロ | ほんまぐろ - northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
  • - ていほん - authentic book or manuscript
  • - しゃかいてきかんせつしほん - social overhead capital
  • | のところ - ほんとうのところ | ホントのところ - in truth/in actuality | the truth/the real story
  • - ちょうほんにん - ringleader
  • - にほんうずら | ニホンウズラ - Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
  • - しかいしゃほん - Dead Sea scrolls
  • - しほんけいせい - capital formation
  • - ていほん - original text/draft/draught
  • ソフト - きほんソフト - operating system/OS
  • | わさび - ほんわさび - wasabi (Wasabia japonica)
  • - にほんあかがえる | ニホンアカガエル - Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
  • - しほんちくせき - capital accumulation
  • | - ほんはぶ - Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
  • - にほんうなぎ - Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
  • - しほんしゅうやく - capital intensive
  • - にほんみつばち - Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)
  • - しほんしゅうし - capital account balance
  • - とうほん - exemplar
  • - じんてきしほん - human capital
  • - きんかわせほんいせいど - gold exchange standard system
  • - しほんせつやくてきぎじゅつしんぽ - capital-saving technological progress/capital-saving technical progress
  • - かねほんい - money-centered way (of thinking)
  • - とうごうさんぼうほんぶ - Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • - まめほん - miniature book
  • - にほんせきぐん - Japanese Red Army/JRA
  • - にほんしゅぎ | にっぽんしゅぎ - Japanism/Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
  • - いっぽんだてかわせ - single rate
  • て - にほんだて - dual system/double standard
  • - きほんきん - fund/endowment
  • - にほんかい | にっぽんかい - Sea of Japan
  • - にっぽんきかくきょうかい - Japan Standards Association/JSA
  • - にほんごきょうほん - Japanese text book(s)
  • - にっぽんこうくう - Japan Air Lines/JAL
  • - にほんし - history of Japan
  • - にほんおんがく - Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
  • - にほんしゅ - sake/Japanese rice wine
  • - にほんてきけいえい - Japanese-style business management/adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)
  • - にほんじんろん - theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness
  • - にほんちゃ - Japanese tea
  • - にほんがみ - Japanese coiffure
  • - にっぽんほうそうきょうかい | にほんほうそうきょうかい - Japan national broadcasting company/NHK
  • - ほんぬ | ほんう - (in Buddhism) state (or period) of life
  • - しほんりとく - capital gain
  • - ほんどうし - main verb
  • | - いっぽんだてぜいりつ - single-rate tariff (system)
  • し | - にほんざし - two-sworded (samurai)
  • - にほんかいじょうじえいたい - Japan maritime self defense force (defence)
  • - にほんぐん - Japanese Army
  • - にほんごのうりょくしけん - Japanese Language Proficiency Test/JLPT
  • - にほんこうくうじえいたい - Japan air self defense force (defence)
  • - にほんし - Japanese paper
  • - にほんしょき - Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan)
  • れ | - にほんばれ - beautiful weather/clear and cloudless sky/clear Japanese weather
  • - にほんじゅう - throughout Japan
  • - にほんふう - Japanese style
  • - にほんりくじょうじえいたい - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (defence)
  • にまさるなし - もときにまさるうらきなし - try though one might, it's impossible to replace one's first love
  • - ほんたいかかく - base price/pre-tax price
  • - ないようみほん - sample pages
  • - きほんりょうきん - basic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.)/basic charge/base cost/base price
  • て - にほんだて - double feature (movie)
  • - きほんがた - basic pattern/basic model/basic type/prototype
  • - にほんぼう - simpleton/henpecked husband/sniveler/sniveller
  • - にほんがくしゃ - Japanologist/Japan scholar
  • - にほんご | にっぽんご - Japanese (language)
  • - にほんごもじ - Japanese character
  • - にほんこくとっきょちょう - Japanese Patent Office
  • - にほんしき - Japanese style
  • - にほんしょく - Japanese food/Japanese meal
  • - にほんせい - made in Japan
  • - にほんてき - typically Japanese
  • - にほんぶんがく - Japanese literature
  • - にほんろうどうくみあいそうひょうぎかい - General Council of Trade Unions of Japan
  • - ほんぜんりょうり - extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
  • ネットワークシステム - じゅうみんきほんだいちょうネットワークシステム - basic resident register network system
  • - にほんきぎょう - Japanese company (business, firm)
  • - にほんが - Japanese paintings
  • - にほんま - Japanese-style room
  • ワープロ - にほんごワープロ - Japanese word-processing
  • - にほんごやく - Japanese translation
  • - にほんこくない - Japanese domestic
  • - にほんしゃ - car of Japanese make
  • - にほんじん | にっぽんじん - Japanese person/Japanese people
  • - にほんがわ - the Japanese/the Japanese side
  • - にほんとう - Japanese sword
  • - にほんぶんぽう - Japanese grammar
  • - きほんさんぎょう - basic industries
  • - にほんぎ - Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)
  • - しほんそんしつ - capital loss
  • - はっきんぼん - banned book
  • ルール - きほんルール - basic rule
  • レコード - にほんレコードたいしょう - the Japan Record Award
  • | オオカミ - にほんオオカミ | にほんおおかみ - Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax)
  • - にほんまい - Japanese rice
  • アルプス - にほんアルプス - the Japanese Alps
  • - ばっぽんてき - drastic/radical
  • - にほんりょうりてん - Japanese restaurant
  • - にほんぜんこく - all over Japan/throughout Japan
  • カード - じゅうみんきほんだいちょうカード - basic resident register card/citizen identification card/Juki card
  • - にほんげんしりょくぎじゅつきょうかい - Japan Nuclear Technology Institute/JANTI
  • - こくれんほんぶ - United Nations (UN) Headquarters
  • - にほんしゃかい - Japanese society
  • - にほんゆうせいかぶしきがいしゃ - Japan Post Co. Ltd.
  • - じゅうみんきほんだいちょう - basic resident register
  • - にほんしじょう - the Japanese market
  • - にほんつう - Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
  • い - いっぽんぜおい - one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
  • - にほんゆうせいこうしゃ - Japan Post
  • - にほんふくししんりがっかい - The Japanese Association of Psychology for Human Services
  • ハリストス - にほんハリストスせいきょうかい - Japan Orthodox Church
  • - おおもときょう - Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)
  • - ひょうほん - example/specimen/sample
  • - だいほんさっか - scriptwriter
  • - おもてにほん - Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
  • - にほんこうかれいいがくかい - Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
  • - ふほんい - reluctance/unwilling
  • - にほんせいふ - Japanese government
  • | - ふくほん - duplicate/copy
  • - とびだすえほん - pop-up book
  • - ぶんこぼん - paperback (pulp)
  • なら - ほんらいなら - by all rights
  • ぶっつけ - ぶっつけほんばん - performing without rehearsal
  • - にほんかくち - all over Japan
  • - ほんい - one's real intent/motive/hopes
  • - ほんえい - umbra
  • - ほんけ - head house (family)/birthplace/originator
  • - ほんかいどう - main road
  • - ほんかん - main pipe
  • - ほんぎ - true meaning/underlying principle
  • - ほんきょく - main office
  • び - ほんむすび - square knot
  • - ほんこう - main school/this school
  • - ほんごくじん - native/citizen
  • - ほんし - this newspaper
  • - ほんしつ - essence/true nature/substance/reality
  • - ほんしょ - text/script/this book
  • - ほんばしょ - official sumo tournament
  • - ほんしん - true feelings
  • - ほんしょう | ほんせい - true character/real nature
  • 鹿 - にほんじか - sika/sika deer/Cervus nippon (deer native to east Asia)
  • - ほんい - standard/basis/principle
  • - ほんえい - headquarters
  • - ほんね - real intention/motive
  • - ほんかいぎ - plenary session/regular session
  • - ほんかくてき - full-blown/regular/genuine/earnest/normal/typical/fundamental/real
  • - ほんき - seriousness/truth/sanctity
  • - ほんぎょう - principal occupation/core business
  • - ほんけいやく - contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement)/formal agreement/contract at hand
  • - ほんげん - origin/root/cause/principle
  • - ほんごく - one's own country
  • - ほんし - main object/principal object/true aim
  • - ほんじ - Chinese character/unsimplified (original form of) a Chinese character
  • - ほんしょ - police headquarters/main office/this office
  • - ほんば - home/habitat/center/centre/best place/genuine
  • - ほんくいむし - bookworm (literal and figurative)
  • - ほんすう - number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
  • - ほんせつ - this chapter/this passage/this section
  • し - ほんせんわたし - free on board (i.e. seller pays to have goods placed on a ship)/FOB
  • - ほんぞう - plants/medicinal herbs
  • - ほんぞん - principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva)/principal image/idol | the man himself/the person at the heart of the matter
  • - ほんだな - bookshelves/bookshelf/bookcase
  • - ほんてん - head office
  • - ほんとう | ほんと - truth/reality
  • り - ほんぐもり - low-cloud overcast
  • - ほんばこ - bookcase
  • - ほんもの - genuine article
  • - ほんもう - long-cherished ambition/satisfaction
  • - もとき - original stock
  • - ほんるい - base/stronghold/main fort/home plate
  • - ほんぶし - top-quality dried bonito
  • - ほんぜん | ほんねん - disposition/nature/natural/inborn/inherent/innate
  • - ほんぞうがく - study of medicinal herbs/pharmacognosy
  • - ほんたい - substance/real form | body (of a machine) | object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) | noumenon
  • - ほんちょう - this land/our country/Imperial Court
  • 殿 - ほんでん - main shrine/inner sanctuary
  • ポップアップ - ポップアップえほん - pop-up book
  • - ほんどう - main temple building/nave
  • - ほんじつ - today
  • - ほんばん - performance/take/going before an audience or on-air | game/season/crucial moment | actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated)
  • - ほんぽう - regular salary/basic salary/full pay
  • - ほんむ - duty/regular business
  • - ほんらい - essentially/naturally/by nature/in (and of) itself/originally
  • - ほんるいだ - home run (baseball)
  • - ほんあん - this plan
  • - ほんいん - this institution/the main institution
  • - ほんや - bookstore/bookshop | publisher | main building
  • - ほんか - regular course/this lesson
  • - ほんかくか - regularization/regularisation/getting up speed/proceeding at full tilt
  • - ほんがん - Amida Buddha's original vow/long-cherished desire
  • - ほんきょち - stronghold/inner citadel/base/headquarters
  • - ほんきんこ - main depository
  • - ほんけん - pure silk
  • り - ほんぶり - regular rainfall
  • - ほんさい - one's legal wife
  • - ほんし - this magazine
  • - ほんしゅう - Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)
  • - ほんしょう - this chapter
  • - ほんしょく - principal occupation/main job | professional/an expert/specialist | I (of a government offical, etc.)/me
  • - ほんじん - troop headquarters/daimyo's inn/stronghold
  • - ほんせきち - permanent domicile
  • - ほんせん - mother ship/this ship
  • - ほんそ - original (legal) suit
  • - ほんそく - rules/original rules
  • - ほんだい - main question
  • り - ほんどおり - main street/boulevard
  • - ほんとう - stealing home (baseball)
  • み - ほんよみ - good reader/scenario reading
  • - ほんのう - instinct
  • - ほんぶ - headquarters
  • - ほんぽう - this country/our country
  • - ほんめい - favorite/favourite/sure thing/likely winner/certainty
  • - ほんりょう - characteristic/speciality/specialty/duty/proper function/original fief
  • - ほんくじ - first prize in a private lottery
  • | | しかけ - しかけえほん - pop-up book
  • - みんぽんしゅぎ - democracy
  • - よしつねせんぼんざくら - Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)
  • - ほん - book/volume | main/head/this/our/present/real | counter for long cylindrical things
  • - ほんいん - this member (of an assembly)
  • - ほんおく - principal residence
  • - ほんけほんもと - original home/birthplace/originator
  • - ほんかく - original method or procedure | serious/orthodox/classical/genuine
  • - ほんかん - main building
  • - ほんきょ - stronghold/inner citadel/base/headquarters
  • - ほんすじ - main thread (of a story)
  • - ほんけんちく - permanent construction
  • 稿 - ほんこう - this manuscript
  • - ほんごし - strenuous effort/earnestness/seriousness
  • - ほんしけん - final examination
  • - ほんしゃ | ほんじゃ - head office/main office/headquarters | main shrine | this company/this shrine
  • - ほんしょう - this ministry/the home office
  • - ほんばもの - genuine article
  • - ほんにん - the person himself
  • - ほんせき - one's permanent residence
  • - ほんせん - main line
  • - ほんぜん - regular dinner
  • - ほんそう - formal funeral
  • - ほんたい - main body (of an army)
  • 調 - ほんちょうし - normal condition | keynote/proper key
  • - ほんとう - main island/this island
  • - ほんどう - highway/main road/the right road
  • - ほんねん - this (current) year
  • - ほんぶたい - main stage/public place
  • い - ほんぬい - final stitching
  • - ほんみょう | ほんめい - real name
  • - ほんりゅう - main current/main current of thought
  • - ほんろん - main discourse/this subject/body (of a speech)
  • - ごほんゆび - five-toed (socks) | top 5 (counting with fingers)
  • 鹿 | - にほんかもしか | ニホンカモシカ - Japanese serow/Capricornis crispus
  • - にほんしん - new Japanese record
  • - ほんれい - bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun
  • - ごほんゆびくつした - five-toed socks
  • - にっぽんしてつろうどうくみあいそうれんごうかい - General Federation of Private Railway Workers Unions of Japan
  • - きほんげんそく - fundamental principle/basic principle/general principle
  • ソックス - ごほんゆびソックス - five-toed socks
  • - ざいがいにほんじん - Japanese residing abroad
  • - にほんどくじ - Japan-specific
  • - ほんにんふたん - paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket/being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.
  • - だいにっぽんていこくりくぐん - the Imperial Japanese Army
  • - きほんりねん - basic principle/fundamental principle
  • - やくほん - translated book
  • - にほんえん - Japanese Yen
  • - にほんしんきろく | にっぽんしんきろく - new Japanese record
  • - にほんきょうさんとう - Japanese Communist Party
  • - だいにっぽんていこく - Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
  • - ほんげつ - this month
  • - はしもとびょう - Hashimoto's disease/Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • - りくじょうさくせんほんぶ - tactical operations center/tactical operations centre
  • - しんとうにっぽん - New Party Nippon (Japanese political party)
  • - にっぽんけいだんれん - Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
  • - にっぽんでんき - NEC (Nippon Electric Company)
  • - にほんみんしゅとう - Democratic Party of Japan
  • | - だいにっぽんていこくけんぽう - Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)
  • - わほん - book bound in Japanese style
  • のチベット - にほんのチベット - unpopulated, undeveloped or high-altitude region of Japan
  • - ろっぽん - six (long cylindrical things)
  • にあり - てきはほんのうじにあり - expression meaning one's real enemy is elsewhere
  • - わいほん - pornography/obscene book
  • - にほんげんしりょくけんきゅうじょ - Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute/JAERI
  • - いっぽんか - unification/centralization/integration/drawing things together/working out a common policy
  • - ふるほん | ふるぼん | こほん - secondhand book | ancient book/antiquarian books
  • - ほんがく - this university/this educational establishment
  • - にほんはつ | にっぽんはつ - first (of its kind) in Japan
  • - とくほん | どくほん - reading-book
  • - ふくとくほん | ふくどくほん - supplementary reader
  • - ほんばら | ほんぷく - legitimate (child)
  • - うらにっぽん | うらにほん - Japan Sea coastal areas/Sea of Japan coastal areas
  • - にほん | にっぽん - Japan
  • - はちほん | はっぽん - eight (long cylindrical things)
  • - ほんぶん | ほんもん - text (of document)/body (of letter)
  • - じゅんかんがたしゃかいけいせいすいしんきほんほう - Act for Establishing a Recycling-Oriented Society
  • - にほんがくじゅつしんこうかい - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/JSPS
  • - きほんほう - fundamental law/basic (organic) law
  • エロ - エロほん - erotic book
  • り | り - ほんけがえり - reaching age of 60/dotage/second childhood
  • | - ほんまつてんとう - failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of)/putting the cart before the horse/mistaking the cause for the end/mistaking the insignificant for the essential/getting one's priorities backwards
  • - にっぽんしかいしれんめい - Japan Dentists Federation
  • | 々 | | 々 - もともと - originally/by nature/from the start
  • - ひょうほんしつ - specimen room/herbarium
  • - ちょうほんにん - ringleader/originator/perpetrator
  • - ほんせんきょ - original selection
  • に - ほんとうに | ほんとに - really/truly
  • - ほんにんしだい - being up to the the person himself
  • - ほんりょうあんど - recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
  • - きいっぽん - straight-forwardness/honesty/purity
  • - しほんか - capitalist
  • - はいほん - distribution of books
  • - ほんか | もとうた - original verse poem
  • - ばっぽんそくげん - eradication of (sources of) evil/laying the ax to the root of evil
  • - ほんかいじょうじゅ - realization of a great ambition/attainment of one's most cherished desire/one's earnest prayer being answered
  • - ほんまつ - essence and fringe/beginning and ending/root and branch/means and end
  • - じぶんほんい - self-centeredness/selfishness/egotism/egocentricity
  • - ほんぽ - head office/main shop
  • - じんぶつほんい - chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character
  • - じつようほんい - pragmatism/functionalism/practicality/being intended for practical purposes
  • - ほんぶん - one's duty/one's part
  • - ほんかい - one's long-cherished desire
  • - ほんど - mainland/one's home country/the country proper
  • | - かしほん - books for loan
  • - しほんちゅうにゅう - capital injection
  • - ほんぶちょう - general manager/director-general
  • - こくほん - foundation of the nation
  • - かほんか - Gramineae
  • | - かしほんや - rental library
  • - だんせいほんい - male orientation/male-oriented
  • - にっぽうほんせん - Nippou Main Line (Kagoshima-Miyazaki-Fukuoka Railway)
  • - にほんひょうじゅんじ - Japanese Standard Time
  • - きせいほんせん - Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway)
  • - にほんだいら - Nihon Plain
  • - にほんざる - Japanese monkey/Japanese macaque
  • - じかほんい - self-centeredness/selfishness/egoism/egotism/egocentricity
  • - じつりょくほんい - the precedence of merit/performance orientation/ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.)
  • - たいほん | おおもと - foundation
  • - じりきほんがん - salvation by one's own efforts/self-reliance
  • - そうほんざん - head temple of a sect | (organizational) headquarters/(organisational) headquarters
  • - こせきしょうほん - official copy of part of family register
  • - しゅうちんぼん - pocket-size book
  • - こせきとうほん - official copy of the family register
  • - ほんかん - this (battle)ship/aforementioned ship
  • - てほんちょう - book of calligraphy samples/copybook/portfolio
  • - じこしほん - net worth/owned capital
  • - しゃかいしほん - social capital/SOC
  • - さんぼんしょうぶ - a set of three bouts/three-game match/three-bout contest
  • - とうかつほんぶ - general headquarters
  • - にほんきいん - Nihon Kiin, central Go organization of Japan
  • - ぞうほん - one's library
  • - きそうほんのう - homing instinct
  • - しほんばしら - four posts that used to support the roof over the sumo ring
  • - かんぽん - complete set (of books)
  • - こうしょうしほんきん - nominal capital
  • - もほん - copy of an original manuscript
  • - はんぽん - book printed from woodblocks
  • - きんほんいせい - the gold standard system
  • - たねほん - source book
  • - にほんすもうれんめい - Japanese amateur sumo union
  • - こうがいたいさくきほんほう - (Japanese) Environmental Pollution Prevention Act
  • - あんぽんたん - fool/idiot
  • - ふんぽん - copy/sketch
  • | - ほんぺん - original story/original version | this volume
  • - きんじがねほんいせいど - gold bullion standard
  • - へんぽん - book(s) returned unsold
  • - きんほんい - gold standard
  • - きんゆうしほん - financial capital
  • り - ほんわり - regular matches in an official sumo tournament
  • - ほんかい - formal meeting (committee, etc.)/session
  • - しゅたくぼん - favorite book (worn with much handling)/favourite book
  • - どくせんしほん - monopolistic capital
  • - ほんじょう - this document/this letter/this writing
  • - はほん - incomplete set of books/odd volume
  • - とうかしほん - invested capital
  • - まもりほんぞん - guardian deity
  • - そうほんてん - head office
  • - もとは | ほんよう - true leaf
  • み - みほんぐみ - specimen page
  • - ごほん - five (long cylindrical things)
  • - ほんば - the first leaves to appear after the cotyledon
  • - そうほんけ - head family/main branch of a school or religion
  • - よんほん - four (long cylindrical things)
  • - ちんぽん - rare book
  • - びほん - attractively bound book
  • - しゅんぽん - pornographic book
  • - けんぽん - complimentary copy of a book
  • - にほんけいざい - Japanese economy
  • ミサイル - ほんどミサイルぼうえい - national missile defense (US) (defence)/NMD
  • - そうしほんりえきりつ - return on assets/ROA
  • - しほんとりひき - capital transaction
  • - とくべつそうさほんぶ - special investigation headquarter
  • - しほんしゅぎしゃ - a capitalist
  • シリーズ - にほんシリーズ - Japan Series
  • に | に - ほんまに - really/truly
  • - にほんさんけい - Japan's three famous sights
  • - にほんれっとう - the Japanese islands
  • - にほんかいこう - the Japan Trench
  • - にほんぶよう - traditional Japanese dance
  • - にほん - two (long cylindrical things)
  • - ななほん - seven (long cylindrical things)
  • - にほんこうぎょうきかく - Japan Industrial Standards/JIS
  • - にほんがく - Japanology
  • - にほんりょうり - Japanese cooking
  • - にほんやっきょくほう - Japanese pharmacopeia
  • - ひほん - treasured book/secret book/pornographic book
  • - しほんざい - capital goods
  • - しほんさいこうせい - recapitalization/recapitalisation
  • - しほんていけい - capital tie-up
  • - しほんりゅうしゅつ - capital outflow
  • - しぜんしほんしゅぎ - natural capitalism
  • - いっぽんしょうぶ - one-game match
  • - みずまししほん - watered capital
  • - ふへんしほん - constant capital
  • - しほんこうせい - capital structure
  • - しほんしゅぎしゃかい - capitalist society
  • - しほんひりつ - capital ratio
  • - にほんいち | にっぽんいち - Japan's best/number one in Japan
  • - にほんけん - a Japanese dog
  • - にほんかいりゅう - the Japan current
  • - にほんのうりんきかく - Japan Agricultural Standards/JAS
  • - てきほんしゅぎ - diversionary tactics/concealing one's true motives until the last moment
  • - にほんすもうきょうかい - Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association)/JSA
  • - にほんか - Japanization/Japanisation
  • | - にほんこくけんぽう - constitution of Japan/Japanese constitution
  • - にほんのうえん - Japanese encephalitis
  • - ほんま - truth/reality
  • - しゅうせいしほんしゅぎ - modified capitalism
  • - にっぽんこくさい - Japanese government bond/JGB
  • - はらいこみしほん - paid-in capital
  • - ほんしゃいてん - headquarter shift
  • - すりほん - printed, unbound sheets
  • - かぶぬししほんりえきりつ - return on equity/ROE
  • - るいほん - similar books
  • - みんかんしほん - private capital
  • - こくさいみほんいち - international trade fair
  • - かっぱんぼん - printed book
  • - しほんきばん - capital base
  • - しほんししゅつ - capital outlay
  • - しほんとうひ - capital flight
  • - しほんかんけい - capital ties
  • - しほんいちば - capital market
  • - しほんとうし - capital investment
  • - じこしほんひりつ - capital adequacy ratio/capital-to-asset ratio
  • | - さんぼんたてえいが - triple feature (movie)
  • - さんぎょうしほん - industrial capital
  • - きほんたんい - base unit (metre, etc.)/standard unit
  • - きほんてきじんけん - fundamental human rights
  • - かつじほん - printed book
  • - きほんきゅう - base pay
  • - きょうそくぼん - manual/practice book/practise book
  • - いっぽんづり - pole-and-line fishing
  • - こうほん - annotated textbook
  • - うんてんしほん - working capital
  • - はたもと - shogunal vassal/direct retainer of a shogun
  • - きょういくきほんほう - (Japanese) Education Act/Fundamental Law of Education
  • | - にほんたてえいが - double feature (movie)
  • - とうほん - books from China
  • - はりせんぼん | ハリセンボン - porcupinefish/balloonfish
  • 西 - にしにほん | にしにっぽん - western Japan
  • - しょうぎょうしほん - trading capital
  • - ぞうていぼん - complimentary copy (of a book)
  • - かへんしほん - variable capital
  • - だいほんざん - head temple of a Buddhist sect
  • - だいほんえい - imperial headquarters
  • - おりほん - folding book/folded sections of a book
  • - のうほん - delivery of books/presentation copy
  • - ようほん - book of Western origin
  • - ひょうほんちゅうしゅつ - sampling
  • - えいいんほん - facsimile edition
  • - もくほん - tree/woody plant
  • - こんぽんしゅぎ - fundamentalism
  • - ぎんほんい - silver standard
  • - ぎんほんいせい - silver standard system
  • - とじほん - bound book
  • - ぞうほん - bookbinding or bookmaking
  • - しんていぼん - complimentary copy
  • | - しんにっぽんせいてつ | しんにほんせいてつ - Nippon Steel Corporation
  • - ぞうほんぎじゅつ - art of bookbinding or bookmaking
  • - きこうぼん - rare book
  • - そうほん - herbs
  • - ほんもと - origin/main branch of family
  • - ほんだい - money for books
  • - ほんしょく - one's real character
  • - ほんいきごう - natural musical note
  • - ほんせい - real or original name
  • - ほんかくしょうせつ - serious novel/genuinely attempted novel
  • - ほんきゅう - basic or regular salary
  • - ほんしん - main shock (of an earthquake)
  • - ぜんにほん - All-Japan
  • - ほんよさん - main budget
  • - ほんちょう - central government office/this office
  • - ほんたく - one's principal residence
  • - ほんいかへい - standard currency
  • - ほんかん - one's official post/oneself
  • - ほんかくは - classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.)/orthodox school/authentic style
  • - ほんたいせいこうけつあつ - essential hypertension
  • | - せんろっぽん | せろっぽう - julienne (esp. of daikon)/long, thin strips
  • - にほんていえん - Japanese-style garden/traditional Japanese landscape garden
  • - にほんがくじゅつかいぎ - Science Council of Japan
  • - にほんどうろこうだん - Japan Highway Public Corporation
  • - ほんまる - inner citadel
  • - ほんもんひひょう - textual criticism
  • て - ほんたて - bookends
  • - ほんいんぼう - grand master of the game of go
  • - ほんたいろん - ontology
  • - ほんてい - principal residence
  • み - ほんぐみ - (page) makeup
  • - ほんしつてき - essentially
  • - せいほんのう - sex instinct
  • - けっぽん - missing volume
  • - ほんざん - head temple/this temple
  • - ほんて - one's true ability/the right way/professional
  • - ほんけん - this matter or case
  • - ほんしき - formal/orthodox/in earnest
  • まり | まり | り - ほんぎまり - definite decision/final decision
  • - ほんとうじん - inhabitants of main island
  • - ほんぷく - complete recovery from illness
  • - ほんせん - final selection
  • - のうほんしゅぎ - principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy
  • - ふくほんい - double standard
  • - ふくほんいせい - bimetallism
  • - あかほん - pulp fiction
  • - りゅうどうしほん - floating capital
  • - こうしょくぼん - erotic or pornographic book
  • - にほんじかん - Japan time
  • - りゅうつうしほん - circulating capital
  • - にっぽんぎんこう | にほんぎんこう - Bank of Japan/BOJ/BoJ
  • - まんがぼん | まんがほん - comic book
  • - きゃくほんか - scriptwriter/playwright/scenario writer
  • - こんぽんげんり - fundamental (basic) principles/fundamentals/ground rules
  • - じこほんい - self-centeredness/self-centredness/selfishness/egotism/egoism
  • - るふぼん - popular edition
  • - しほんりょく - capital strength (of an enterprise)
  • - せいほんや - bookbinder
  • - しほんろん - Das Kapital/Capital
  • - いちねんせいそうほん - annual herb
  • る - いっぽんとる - to beat/to gain a point/to upset
  • - にほんこくみん - Japanese citizen(s)
  • - きほんご - basic vocabulary item
  • - くにのもと - national principles/foundation of the country
  • - えつねんそうほん - biennial herb
  • しの | みさしの - よみさしのほん - unfinished book
  • - きのもと | このもと - at the root of a tree
  • - かんしほん - roll/scroll/rolled book
  • - よさんほんせん - Yosan Main Line (Ehime-Kagawa Railway)
  • - しょうちゅうぼん - pocket edition
  • - しょうほん - folded book
  • めた - じょうほうをおさめたほん - book containing the information
  • - ほうひほんせん - Hohi Main Line (Oita-Kumamoto Railway)
  • め - ほんしょうずめ - service at the Head Office
  • - ほんねんど - the current fiscal year
  • - ほんのむし - bookworm
  • える - ほんをかねにかえる - to exchange a book for money
  • - じょうえつほんせん - Joetsu Main Line
  • せる - たなにほんをのせる - to place a book on a shelf
  • - しんえつほんせん - Shinetsu Main Line (Gunma-Nagano-Niigata Railway)
  • し - しほんなし - without capital
  • - べつのほん - another (different) book
  • える - ほんととけいをかえる - to swap a watch for a book
  • - ほんのあいだ - between the pages/between two books
  • る - ほんものでとおる - to pass for (as) genuine
  • す - ほんをさがす - to look for a book
  • - じゅんにほんしき - purely Japanese style
  • - とうのほんにん - the person himself
  • - どさんほんせん - Dosan Main Line (Kochi-Kagawa Railway)
  • - せんたいほんぶ - election headquarters
  • - にほんりょう - Japanese territory
  • れた - みみのおれたほん - dog-eared book
  • - もしきひょうほん - type specimen
  • - とうほん - climbing trees/liana
  • れる - ほんごしをいれる - to set about in earnest/to put one's back into something
  • れる - ほんにえをいれる - to illustrate a book with pictures
  • し - ほんのすこし - just a little
  • - ほんらん - this column
  • す - ほんをだす - to publish a book
  • - ほんしょ - beginning/origin/start
  • む - ほんにしおりをはさむ - to put a bookmark between the pages of a book
  • - ほんのな - name of a book
  • む - ほんをあむ - to compile a book
  • げる - ほんをひろげる - to open a book
  • す - にほんごになおす - to render into Japanese
  • ている - ねているしほん - dead capital
  • - ひかえみほん - duplicate sample