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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

本ほん気き

N1
ほんき honki
  1. seriousness
  2. truth
  3. sanctity
nounの-adjectiveな-adjective

Chinese meanings

认真;当真

Examples

  • ケンさん、君きみは本ほん気きかい。
    Are you on the level, Ken?
    肯,你是认真的吗?
  • 本ほん気きで会かい社しゃ辞やめること考かんがえてるの?
    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"
  }
}