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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:
  • は日本語と韓国語話す ⇨ He speaks Japanese and Korean
  • 本作品は只今劇場上映中です ⇨ This movie is in theaters right now
  • 当時多くの米国人は日本が攻撃してくることはよもやあるまいとえていた ⇨ Most Americans then believed it was highly unlikely that Japan would attack them
  • にはの本音は推察出来ない ⇨ I cannot guess how he really feels
  • 日本を取り巻国際環境わりけている ⇨ The international environment surrounding Japan keeps changing
  • しい製品製品は基本的にはじだ ⇨ The new and old models of the product are basically the same
  • 米国とはい、日本にはくの政党がある ⇨ Unlike US, there are many political parties in Japan
  • 日本では車庫のあるない ⇨ There are not many houses with garages in Japan
  • だとしたら本当の犯人だ? ⇨ If that is so, then, who is the real perpetrator?
  • 抜本策が必要だ ⇨ We need a drastic measure
  • 米国と日本は合同軍事演習行った ⇨ US and Japan held a joint military exercise
  • 日本は石油輸入頼っている ⇨ Japan depends on oil import
  • に本が積み上げられている ⇨ Books are piled up on his desk
  • 日本では玄関ぐ ⇨ You take your shoes off at the entrance hall in Japan
  • 日本人は外敵対す危機感希薄だ ⇨ Japanese don’t have enough sense of danger against foreign enemies