本体

See also: 本體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 本体 – see 本體 (“thing-in-itself; noumenon; main part; substance”). (This term is the simplified form of 本體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	体
ほん Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
本體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞nta̠i]

Noun

本(ほん)体(たい) • (hontai) 

1. this machine
2. main body, main unit
   • (Can we date this quote?), PETボトルリサイクル推進協議会, “PETボトルQ&A”, in PETボトルリサイクル推進協議会‎^[1]:

     […] 、PET(ペット)ボトル本体(ほんたい)への直接印刷(ちょくせついんさつ)を禁止(きんし)しています。

     […] , pettobotoru hontai e no chokusetsu insatsu o kinshi shiteimasu.

     […] , printing directly onto the plastic bottle itself is forbidden.

3. (philosophy) noumenon