Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 本人(ほんにん) in Japanese

本人
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
ほんにん
Romaji
honnin
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    the person himself
    Example sentence
    いきなり本人誰何する無粋考えました I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.

Examples of 本人, ほんにん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

5 strokes

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

On'Yomi: ホン

Kun'Yomi: もと

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JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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