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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:
  • 日本語の辞書 ⇨ A Japanese dictionary
  • 本当にそのいなら相手たせるようなことを言うな ⇨ If you don’t really mean it, don’t say something that raises false hope
  • 言葉に本音がちらっといた ⇨ His true feelings peeked through his words
  • 鉄砲最初ポルトガルから日本に輸入された ⇨ Guns were originally imported from Portugal to Japan
  • 本当にこれでいいの? ⇨ Is this really OK?
  • 戦前の日本 ⇨ The pre-war Japan
  • こんなんで本当に大丈夫? ⇨ Is this really be OK? Will this really do it? Is this really enough?
  • 彼本人はどう思っているの? ⇨ What does he himself think of it?
  • どうやってこの本の題材着想したのですか? ⇨ How did you come up with the theme of this book?
  • 紀伊国屋書店の本店 ⇨ The original store of Kinokuniya bookstore
  • 日本猿 ⇨ Japanese monkey
  • 日本では妊娠中絶特定条件下められる ⇨ In Japan (pregnancy) abortion is allowed under specific conditions
  • 毎度引き立て頂き本当に有難うございます ⇨ I really appreciate your having been supporting us
  • 英語は日本語に直訳出来ない場合有る ⇨ English cannot be always translated verbatim to Japanese
  • 日本の国歌だ ⇨ The Japanese national anthem is “kimigayo”