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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

本ほん人にん

N3
ほんにん honnin
  1. the person himself
noun

Chinese meanings

本人

Examples

  • あなた本ほん人にんが彼かの女じょに話はなさなければならない。
    You must talk to her in person.
    你本人必须和她说。
  • 代だい理り人にんではなくあなた本ほん人にんが来きてください。
    You are supposed to come in person.
    请你本人来,不要派代理人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3f544e7ada'); // 本人
{
  "id": "3f544e7ada",
  "word": "本人",
  "reading": "ほんにん",
  "romaji": "honnin",
  "meanings": [
    "the person himself"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1522750,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなた本人が彼女に話さなければならない。",
      "furigana": "あなた{本人|ほんにん}が{彼女|かのじょ}に{話|はな}さなければならない。",
      "en": "You must talk to her in person.",
      "tatoeba_id": 231389
    },
    {
      "ja": "代理人ではなくあなた本人が来てください。",
      "furigana": "{代理人|だいりにん}ではなくあなた{本人|ほんにん}が{来|き}てください。",
      "en": "You are supposed to come in person.",
      "tatoeba_id": 137840
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e3e518998052e12b6be25551fd0fc9ed9f18042effa14069d0d9e3a7c65c1cea",
    "meanings": [
      "本人"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなた本人が彼女に話さなければならない。",
        "zh": "你本人必须和她说。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "代理人ではなくあなた本人が来てください。",
        "zh": "请你本人来,不要派代理人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/3f544e7ada",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1522750; 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": "eb054bbbc6ddf9b65387d96c84eede67ae31e745ceb3172c245753db8487de1b"
  }
}