JLPT N5 vocabulary

本meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

ほん1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. book, volume, script
  2. this, present, current, in question, at issue (prefix)
  3. main, head, principal (prefix)
  4. real, genuine, regular, proper (prefix)
  5. counter for long cylindrical objects, films and TV shows, goals and home runs, telephone calls (counter suffix)
Illustration of 本

Example sentences

  1. 図書館としょかんから借りかた本ほんは読まよずじまいだった。

    I (regrettably) didn't read the book I borrowed from the library

  2. 一日いちにちで本ほんを一冊いっさつ読みよ切るきのは無理むりというものだ。

    Finishing a whole book in one day is simply impossible.

  3. 徹夜てつやをしてもこの本ほんを明日あしたまで読みよ切れきっこない！

    Even if I pulled an all-nighter, I couldn't finish this book by tomorrow!