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  1. Words
  2. 本

ほん

本

N5

book

hon

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
#188

Meanings

  1. 1
    book; volume; scriptnoun
  2. 2
    this; present; currentprefix
  3. 3
    main; head; principalprefix

JMdict 1522150

In a sentence

いいgood本(ほん)bookだ

It's a good book

How it works

Short and plain: the adjective いい (good) sits right before the noun it describes (本(ほん) (book)), just like in English. The plain copula だ (is) ends it — that だ (is) is the casual version of です (is), so it sounds relaxed, like a thought spoken to yourself.

Written with

  • 本book5 strokes

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