本ほん
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Meanings
Noun
1. book; volume; script
Prefix
2. this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
3. main; head; principal
4. real; genuine; regular; proper
Counter
5. counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
6. counter for films, TV shows, etc.
7. counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
8. counter for goals, home runs, etc.
9. counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary
本ほん会かい議ぎ
plenary session; regular session
Noun
単たん行こう本ぼん
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
Noun
本ほん調ちょう子し
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
Noun
本ほん建けん築ちく
permanent construction
Noun
本ほん舞ぶ台たい
main stage; public place
Noun
文ぶん庫こ本ぼん
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
Noun
本ほん立たて
(a pair of) bookends
Noun
本ほん立だて
(a pair of) bookends
Noun
本ほん末まつ転てん倒とう
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
Noun
本ほん決ぎまり
definite decision; final decision
Noun
貸かし本ほん
books for loan
Noun
Examples1928
I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.
I have a bottle of whiskey.
The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
This is Tony's book.
This book is mine.
Please give me this book.