► 形容動詞
本当 [ほんとう] meaning: real rank: 1
☆ あいつは本当にバカだ ⇨ He’s really stupid
☆ これは本当に有った出来事だ ⇨ This was an actual event. This really happened
☆ 本当？ ⇨ Really?
本当 [ほんとう] meaning: true rank: 1
☆ 彼が昔オリンピックに出場したというのは本当だ ⇨ It is true that he participated in the Olympics before
☆ 本当の事を言いなさい ⇨ Tell me the truth
More examples:
- 親切にして下さって本当に有難うございます ⇨ I really appreciate your being kind
- その折は本当に御世話になりました (おせわ) ⇨ You helped me a lot on that occasion, during that time
- あいつは本当に人泣かせな奴だ ⇨ He really makes people cry. He is a troublemaker
- これはほんの小手調べで本当の戦いはこれから始まる ⇨ This was just a quick test and the real battle starts from now on
- 彼の本当の意図は何かわかった物じゃない ⇨ You never know what his true intentions are
- 彼は本当は知らないのに知ったか振りをしている ⇨ He pretends to know even though he doesn’t
- 色々助けて頂いて本当に有難うございました。いやいや、とんでも御座いません ⇨ I really appreciate all your help. Oh no, that is not true, I didn’t do that much
- こんなことになってしまって本当に済まない ⇨ I am really sorry that things turned out this way
- もしや本当の黒幕は彼なのか？ ⇨ Could he be the real mastermind behind all this?
- 彼のしつこいのには本当にうんざりする ⇨ His haranguing is really tiring
- あの二人は本当に仲が良くって妬けちゃう ⇨ Those two are so much in love and I get jealous
- 本当だってば！ ⇨ I’m really telling you the truth!
- たとえそれが本当だとしても今更どうしようもない ⇨ Even if that is true, there is nothing we can do at this point
- 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
- 本当にそうなの？ ⇨ Is that really so, true?