ほんとう

hontou

truth

nounの-adjectiveな-adjective

Also written 本当

Chinese meanings

真实；真的

Examples

Furigana

本ほん当とうのマンションではありません。
It isn't a real apartment.
那不是真正的公寓楼。
Tatoeba #81497
もしそれが本ほん当とうならどうしますか。
Suppose it were true; what would you do?
如果那是真的，你会怎么办？
Tatoeba #193838

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('849baaf2c3'); // ほんとう

{
  "id": "849baaf2c3",
  "word": "ほんとう",
  "reading": "ほんとう",
  "romaji": "hontou",
  "meanings": [
    "truth"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no",
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1523060,
  "other_forms": [
    "本当"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "本当のマンションではありません。",
      "furigana": "{本当|ほんとう}のマンションではありません。",
      "en": "It isn't a real apartment.",
      "tatoeba_id": 81497
    },
    {
      "ja": "もしそれが本当ならどうしますか。",
      "furigana": "もしそれが{本当|ほんとう}ならどうしますか。",
      "en": "Suppose it were true; what would you do?",
      "tatoeba_id": 193838
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1eb94f9a87bbebd7825086e86a05e484a34f4c6cac84fdc037a86f942f801dec",
    "meanings": [
      "真实；真的"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "本当のマンションではありません。",
        "zh": "那不是真正的公寓楼。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もしそれが本当ならどうしますか。",
        "zh": "如果那是真的，你会怎么办？"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/849baaf2c3",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "130ada9b5388978ff47e05eaf8b7993b7b0fd99f9cbc33634d6a1ec9e2495d60"
  }
}