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本ほん質しつ

N1
ほんしつ honshitsu
  1. essence
  2. true nature
  3. reality
nounの-adjective

Chinese meanings

本质

Examples

  • 親しん切せつ心しんは礼れい儀ぎの本ほん質しつである。
    Kindness is the essence of politeness.
    善意是礼貌的本质。
  • 問もん題だいは、その本ほん質しつよりもむしろ外がい観かんである。
    The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.
    问题在于外表,而不是本质。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('558167f601'); // 本質
{
  "id": "558167f601",
  "word": "本質",
  "reading": "ほんしつ",
  "romaji": "honshitsu",
  "meanings": [
    "essence",
    "true nature",
    "reality"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1522620,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "親切心は礼儀の本質である。",
      "furigana": "{親切心|しんせつしん}は{礼儀|れいぎ}の{本質|ほんしつ}である。",
      "en": "Kindness is the essence of politeness.",
      "tatoeba_id": 144782
    },
    {
      "ja": "問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。",
      "furigana": "{問題|もんだい}は、その{本質|ほんしつ}よりもむしろ{外観|がいかん}である。",
      "en": "The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79856
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "45e73bf05712b4d3a2ec816527d1443b9bcddc63e08e1aa1c802e2c7f4ebfcf4",
    "meanings": [
      "本质"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "親切心は礼儀の本質である。",
        "zh": "善意是礼貌的本质。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。",
        "zh": "问题在于外表,而不是本质。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/558167f601",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1522620; 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": "816711bbdb85a422ae3d997a3b00293f845f3d56c1d33c8fd5e2bb77d7f24454"
  }
}