本体 (ほんたい): substance, body, trunk — Japanese vocabulary
本体 is read ほんたい and means "substance, body, trunk". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
本体
- Reading
- ほんたい · hontai
- Translation
- substance, body, trunk
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ほんたいがほんたいが
Example
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。
なんであれものごとのほんたいをとらえることがかんじんだ。
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