Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 5
ほん
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

張本 +‎

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ちょう)(ほん)(にん) (chōhonnin

  1. ringleader, culprit, perpetrator
    Synonym: 首謀者

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN