本
ホン
もと
book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
Words
資本家
しほんか
- capitalist; financier n
本末転倒
ほんまつてんとう
- failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards n vs adj-no yoji
本卦還り
ほんけがえり
- reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood n
裏日本
うらにっぽん うらにほん
- Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas n sens
本腹
ほんばら ほんぷく
- legitimate (child) n