大本
Chinese edit
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) | ||
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simp. and trad. (大本) |
大 | 本 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
大本
- (literary) foundation; basis
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大本 (dàběn); 大 (“big”) + 本 (“notebook”)
- Short for 大學本科/大学本科 (dàxué běnkē, “bachelor's degree at a university”).
Synonyms edit
- (foundation):
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 本 |
おお Grade: 1 |
もと Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Proper noun edit
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 本 |
たい Grade: 1 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Chinese 大本 (dàběn). Attested from at least the 11th century.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- foundation, basis, basic fundamentals
- 1892, Ozaki Kōyō, Futari Nyōbō:
- 爰が家内の治る大本とも謂つべく
- Koko ga kanai no naoru taihon to mo ī tsu beku
- Here is the basis on which my wife should be cured
- 爰が家内の治る大本とも謂つべく
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 本 |
おお Grade: 1 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Of 大 (ō, “great, large”) + 本 (hon, “book”). Attested from the Edo period.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (publishing, printing) folio (large book made from sheets of Mino washi paper folded in half)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “大本”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000