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本ほん来らい

N2
ほんらい honrai
  1. essentially
  2. naturally
  3. by nature
adverbnounの-adjective

Chinese meanings

本来;本质上

Examples

  • 競きょう争そうは本ほん来らい悪わるいものではない。
    Competition is not by nature evil.
    竞争本身并不坏。
  • この詩しは本ほん来らいフランス語ごで書かかれていた。
    This poem was originally written in French.
    这首诗原本用法语写成。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('815dc7a9f6'); // 本来
{
  "id": "815dc7a9f6",
  "word": "本来",
  "reading": "ほんらい",
  "romaji": "honrai",
  "meanings": [
    "essentially",
    "naturally",
    "by nature"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1523270,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "競争は本来悪いものではない。",
      "furigana": "{競争|きょうそう}は{本来|ほんらい}{悪|わる}いものではない。",
      "en": "Competition is not by nature evil.",
      "tatoeba_id": 181517
    },
    {
      "ja": "この詩は本来フランス語で書かれていた。",
      "furigana": "この{詩|し}は{本来|ほんらい}フランス{語|ご}で{書|か}かれていた。",
      "en": "This poem was originally written in French.",
      "tatoeba_id": 221716
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "85f2042ffda07f9c686f40d0a63e81d25a3a6a793dea0185439ab79a76636cdd",
    "meanings": [
      "本来",
      "本质上"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "競争は本来悪いものではない。",
        "zh": "竞争本身并不坏。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "この詩は本来フランス語で書かれていた。",
        "zh": "这首诗原本用法语写成。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/815dc7a9f6",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1523270; 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": "597180b9b18714633070a770f3549279d9f650f8e14caf5550a0c361909570f4"
  }
}