► 名詞
本人 [(1)ほんにん] meaning: self rank: 1
☆ 彼本人はどう思っているの？ ⇨ What does he himself think of it?
☆ 本人に聞いてよ ⇨ Why don’t you ask him/her direct?
☆ 証明書は本人が申請しなくてはいけない ⇨ The applicant must apply for the license personally
More examples:
- 残留日本人 ⇨ Japanese stayed in foreign countries (after WW2)
- 日本人は歯並びの悪い人が多い ⇨ Many Japanese have bad teeth (alignments)
- 事件を起こした張本人は全く平気な顔をしている ⇨ The very person who caused the problem is acting as if nothing has happened
- 日本人は自分達で自分の国を守るという意識が薄い ⇨ Japaneses have little sense to defend their own nation themselves
- 日本人の平均身長 ⇨ The average height of Japanese
- 日本人は米を主食としてきた ⇨ Rice has been the main diet for Japanese
- 我等日本人の精神 ⇨ The spirit of us Japanese
- 彼は日本人で初めて100mで10秒を切った ⇨ He is the first Japanese to run 100m under 10 seconds
- 本人がやる気を起こさない限りどう仕様もない ⇨ There is nothing you can do unless he himself gets motivated
- 日本人には自虐を美徳と考える人が多い ⇨ Many Japanese regard self-torture as a virtue
- 日本人には馴染みが薄い野菜 ⇨ A vegetable Japanese have little familiarity with
- 日本人は多くの英単語を誤用している ⇨ Japanese use many English words wrong
- 日本人は何でも浪花節で誤魔化そうとする傾向にある ⇨ Japanese tend to get carried away with emotions with everything
- この料理は日本人の好みに合わない ⇨ This cuisine is not to the taste of Japanese
- 日本人は愛情の表現に抵抗がある人が多い ⇨ Many Japanese are reluctant, feel awkward, to express affections