本土 – vocab dash

本ほん土ど

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Meanings

Noun

1. mainland; the country proper

2. native country; country where one was born

3. pure land; Buddha realm

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ほんど

Used in vocabulary

mainlander; person from the mainland

Noun

mainland China; China proper

Noun

mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)

Noun

Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan

Noun

decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)

Noun

continental United States; mainland United States

Noun

Examples5

英えい国こく本ほん土どはウェールズを含ふくまない。

England proper does not include Wales.

その島しまは本ほん土どから遠とおく離はなれている。

The island is cut off far from the mainland.

本ほん土どの姿すがたが最もっともはっきりと見みえるのは普ふ通つう、島しまの住じゅう民みんなのである。

It is usually the islander who sees the mainland most clearly.

我われ々われは島しまから本ほん土どへフェリーで渡わたった。

We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.

台たい風ふうで本ほん土どとの通つう信しんが絶たえた。

All communication with the mainland was cut off by the typhoon.