本気
N1ほんき honki
- seriousness
- truth
- sanctity
nounの-adjectiveな-adjective
Chinese meanings
认真;当真
Examples
- ケンさん、君は本気かい。Are you on the level, Ken?肯,你是认真的吗?
- 本気で会社辞めること考えてるの?Are you seriously thinking about quitting your job?你真在考虑辞职吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('97b08ab1d6'); // 本気
{
"id": "97b08ab1d6",
"word": "本気",
"reading": "ほんき",
"romaji": "honki",
"meanings": [
"seriousness",
"truth",
"sanctity"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no",
"adj-na"
],
"jmdict_id": 1522370,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ケンさん、君は本気かい。",
"furigana": "ケンさん、{君|きみ}は{本気|ほんき}かい。",
"en": "Are you on the level, Ken?",
"tatoeba_id": 225199
},
{
"ja": "本気で会社辞めること考えてるの?",
"furigana": "{本気|ほんき}で{会社|かいしゃ}{辞|や}めること{考|かんが}えてるの?",
"en": "Are you seriously thinking about quitting your job?",
"tatoeba_id": 2303016
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "064f7e64d433e131ed9bd070d85c2872ffe8776af215a01e5f61b51f9031bf71",
"meanings": [
"认真",
"当真"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ケンさん、君は本気かい。",
"zh": "肯,你是认真的吗?"
},
{
"ja": "本気で会社辞めること考えてるの?",
"zh": "你真在考虑辞职吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/97b08ab1d6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1522370; 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": "1d573a6e0393ac8f7269b8a0f978a588ec26d82929c5ac0c1deb52170be7a133"
}
}