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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

本ほん体たい

N1
ほんたい hontai
  1. substance
  2. real form
  3. object of worship
noun

Chinese meanings

本体;主体

Examples

  • なんであれ物もの事ごとの本ほん体たいを捕とらえる事ことが肝かん心じんだ。
    No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
    无论什么事,抓住本质都很重要。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a191aa054e'); // 本体
{
  "id": "a191aa054e",
  "word": "本体",
  "reading": "ほんたい",
  "romaji": "hontai",
  "meanings": [
    "substance",
    "real form",
    "object of worship"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1522950,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。",
      "furigana": "なんであれ{物事|ものごと}の{本体|ほんたい}を{捕|と}らえる{事|こと}が{肝心|かんじん}だ。",
      "en": "No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 198948
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "09cebef82535278b1c61264484b98edd4120ca9bf5b3c27bbc207a304c96d3ce",
    "meanings": [
      "本体",
      "主体"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。",
        "zh": "无论什么事,抓住本质都很重要。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/a191aa054e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1522950; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "282fe9aeb41ff2ea568664c5bbd936435a50f0d7e87ddd672956106a0af44644"
  }
}