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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

本ほん音ね

N1
ほんね honne
  1. real intention
  2. motive
noun

Chinese meanings

真心话;真实想法

Examples

  • 彼かれは本ほん音ねを出だした。
    He showed what he meant.
    他说出了真心话。
  • 社長は言うことと本音が違う。
    My boss says one thing and means another.
    社长说的话和真实想法不同。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b2252b99e0'); // 本音
{
  "id": "b2252b99e0",
  "word": "本音",
  "reading": "ほんね",
  "romaji": "honne",
  "meanings": [
    "real intention",
    "motive"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1522250,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は本音を出した。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{本音|ほんね}を{出|だ}した。",
      "en": "He showed what he meant.",
      "tatoeba_id": 99894
    },
    {
      "ja": "社長は言うことと本音が違う。",
      "en": "My boss says one thing and means another.",
      "tatoeba_id": 149174
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7e182f9b956aef93ade87d60aad6e57b14fb278d71fd9339e3efad7618b75765",
    "meanings": [
      "真心话",
      "真实想法"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は本音を出した。",
        "zh": "他说出了真心话。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "社長は言うことと本音が違う。",
        "zh": "社长说的话和真实想法不同。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b2252b99e0",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1522250; 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": "f2ddd4853a0161bdf5f605bfec12cdcf3f339d6aabba9db7fe74c355760b310e"
  }
}