本物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	物
ほん Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

(slang) モノホン (monohon)

Etymology

Compound of 本(ほん) (hon, “actual”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんもの [hòńmónó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞mːo̞no̞]

Noun

本(ほん)物(もの) • (honmono)

the real thing; the genuine article; not a fake
being lifelike
state of being real

Antonyms

偽(にせ)物(もの) (nisemono)

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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