Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
もの
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

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Etymology

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Compound of (ほん) (hon, actual) + (もの) (mono, thing).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほん)(もの) (honmono

  1. the real thing; the genuine article; not a fake
  2. being lifelike
  3. state of being real

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References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN