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本物 (ほんもの): genuine article — Japanese vocabulary

本物 is read ほんもの and means "genuine article". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

本物

Reading
ほんもの · hommono
Translation
genuine article
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ほんものが

Example

今までに本物の牛を見たことがない。

いままでにほんもののうしをみたことがない。

I've never seen a real cow.

Kanji in this word

  • 本 — book, origin
  • 物 — thing, object

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