本ほん質しつ
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Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. essence; true nature; substance; reality
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ほんしつ
Used in vocabulary
本ほん質しつ的てき
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
Na-adjective
Examples6
Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe.
I had to think about the problem for quite a while before I saw daylight.
Reputation is what you seem; character is what you are.
The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.
Kindness is the essence of politeness.
The heart of the tragedy, as of a short story, is a conflict.