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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:
  • 古事記は日本最古古典とされている ⇨ “Kojiki” is considered the oldest book in Japanese history
  • 洋酒と日本酒のどちらが好きですか? ⇨ Which alcohol drink you like better, western ones or japanese one
  • 日本の教育理由えさせず、暗記させるばかりだ ⇨ The Japanese education doesn’t make students think about logics, but only makes them memorize things
  • 本人がやるこさない限りどう仕様もない ⇨ There is nothing you can do unless he himself gets motivated
  • 戦後の日本の歩み ⇨ Japan’s walk, path, journey, after the war
  • 日本の風呂場普通便所まない ⇨ Japanese bathrooms usually do not include toilets
  • 日本人には西欧料理大味じられるい ⇨ Western cuisines often feel lacking delicacy for Japanese
  • 日本はしい国防図式構築する必要がある ⇨ Japan needs to build a new schematic for the national defense
  • 日本では台風季節だ ⇨ Summer is a typhoon season in Japan
  • 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
  • 日本にははっきりした四がある ⇨ Japan has distinct four seasons
  • 日本では未だ出版物陰部せることは違法だ ⇨ It is still illegal in Japan to show genitals in publications
  • 迷っは基本に立ち返ることが必要だ ⇨ It is necessary to go back to the basics when you lost your way
  • 何度聞き返すようでいけど、本当に本当? ⇨ Sorry to ask you again and again, but is it really true?
  • 本当に必要しかめない良心的自動車修理工 ⇨ A conscientious car mechanic who only recommends what is really necessary