本来
N2ほんらい honrai
- essentially
- naturally
- by nature
adverbnounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
本来;本质上
Examples
- 競争は本来悪いものではない。Competition is not by nature evil.竞争本身并不坏。
- この詩は本来フランス語で書かれていた。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"
}
}