本音
N1ほんね honne
- real intention
- motive
noun
Chinese meanings
真心话;真实想法
Examples
- 彼は本音を出した。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"
}
}