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► 名詞
  [(1)ほん]    meaning:  book  rank: 1
☆ 一冊の本 ⇨ A book
☆ 本屋 ⇨ A bookstore

► 接尾辞
  [ほん]    meaning:  bottle  rank: 2
☆ ビールを五本注文した ⇨ We ordered five bottles of beer

  [ほん]    meaning:  count  rank: 2
☆ 去年ホームランを六十本打った (ろくじゅっぽん) ⇨ He hit 60 home runs last year

  [ほん]    meaning:  line  rank: 2
☆ エレベーターは二本のケーブルえられている (にほん) ⇨ The elevator is supported by two cables  (☛ The counting word for linear objects)

  [ほん]    meaning:  stick  rank: 2
☆ スプーン一本 (いっぽん) ⇨ One spoon  (☛ The counting word for stick-like objects)
☆ ボールペン十本 (じゅっぽん) ⇨ 10 ball-point pens  (☛ The counting word for stick-like objects)

  [ほん]    meaning:  movie  rank: 3
☆ 彼女今迄に十本の映画出演した (じゅっぽん) ⇨ She has appeared in ten movies so far

► 接頭辞
  [(1)ほん]    meaning:  real  rank: 1
☆ 今日予選で本戦は明日だ ⇨ Today is qualifications and the final race is tomorrow


More examples:
  • 日本の教育実社会立つことをえない ⇨ The Japanese educational system doesn’t teach anything that really works in the real world
  • 政府特別災害対策本部を設置した ⇨ The government’s set up special disaster relief headquarters
  • 日本は天災だ ⇨ Japan is a country that experiences many natural disaster
  • これは見本で売り物ではありません ⇨ This is a sample, not a sale item
  • 歴史的単一民族国家だった日本には様々社会規範存在する ⇨ Japan which was historically homogeneous country has various social norms
  • 本物志向顧客向商品 ⇨ The products for customers who want genuine things with substance
  • 現代の日本では暴動こっていない ⇨ Riots haven’t happened for decades in modern Japan
  • は日本へ帰った ⇨ He went back to Japan
  • 伝統的な日本の風呂では浴槽から汲ん流す ⇨ In traditional Japanese bath, you pick up hot water from the bathtub and wash your body
  • 日本文学 ⇨ Japanese literature
  • 日本ではタバコ公社によって専売されていた ⇨ In Japan cigarettes used to be sold exclusively by a public company
  • 日本の教育制度には重大欠陥有る ⇨ There are serious flaws in Japanese educational system
  • まさか本気じゃないでしょう? ⇨ You’re not serious, are you?
  • 彼女自費で本を出版した ⇨ She published her book with her own money
  • 日本のサッカー世界えるまでた ⇨ Japanese football has reached the point where they can compete at the world level