► 名詞
本 [(1)ほん] meaning: book rank: 1
☆ 一冊の本 ⇨ A book
☆ 本屋 ⇨ A bookstore
► 接尾辞
本 [ほん] meaning: bottle rank: 2
☆ ビールを五本注文した ⇨ We ordered five bottles of beer
本 [ほん] meaning: count rank: 2
☆ 彼は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
本 [ほん] meaning: line rank: 2
☆ エレベーターは二本のケーブルに支えられている (にほん) ⇨ The elevator is supported by two cables (☛ The counting word for linear objects)
本 [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)
本 [ほん] meaning: movie rank: 3
☆ 彼女は今迄に十本の映画に出演した (じゅっぽん) ⇨ She has appeared in ten movies so far
► 接頭辞
本 [(1)ほん] meaning: real rank: 1
☆ 今日は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
- 本当にその気が無いなら相手に気を持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
- 彼の言葉の中に本音がちらっと覗いた ⇨ His true feelings peeked through his words
- 鉄砲は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を着想したのですか? ⇨ 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
- 日本では妊娠中絶は特定の条件下で認められる ⇨ In Japan (pregnancy) abortion is allowed under specific conditions
- 毎度お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が有る ⇨ English cannot be always translated verbatim to Japanese
- 日本の国歌は君が代だ ⇨ The Japanese national anthem is “kimigayo”