[ほん, hon] (n) (1) (See ご本・ごほん) book; volume; (pref) (2) main; head; this; our; present; real; (ctr) (3) counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; (P) #88
[にほん(P);にっぽん, nihon (P); nippon] (n) Japan; (P) #32
[にほんご(P);にっぽんご, nihongo (P); nippongo] (n, adj-no) Japanese (language); (P) #114
[もと, moto] (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) #170
[きほん, kihon] (n, adj-no) foundation; basis; standard; (P) #193
[ほんしゃ(P);ほんじゃ(ok), honsha (P); honja (ok)] (n) (1) (ほんしゃ only) head office; main office; headquarters; (2) main shrine; (3) (ほんしゃ only) this company; this shrine; (P) #812
[きゃくほん, kyakuhon] (n) script; screenplay; scenario; (P) #864
[ほんにん, honnin] (n, adj-no) the person himself; (P) #1082
[ほんみょう(P);ほんめい, honmyou (P); honmei] (n) real name; (P) #1162
[ほんぶ, honbu] (n) headquarters; head office; main office; (P) #1242
[ぜんにほん, zennihon] (exp) All-Japan #1268
[にほんじん(P);にっぽんじん, nihonjin (P); nipponjin] (n) Japanese person; Japanese people; (P) #1440
[ひがしにっぽん;ひがしにほん, higashinippon ; higashinihon] (n) (See 西日本) eastern Japan #1586
[ほんらい, honrai] (n-adv, n-t, adj-no) (1) originally; primarily; (2) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; (3) proper; legal; (P) #1904
[ほんてん(P);ほんだな, honten (P); hondana] (n) (1) (See 支店) head office; flagship store; main store; (2) this store; (P) #1918
[ほんぶん(P);ほんもん(P), honbun (P); honmon (P)] (n) text (of document); body (of letter); (P) #2023
[しほん, shihon] (n) funds; capital; (P) #2089
[にしにほん(P);にしにっぽん, nishinihon (P); nishinippon] (n) western Japan; (P) #2166
[ほんせん, honsen] (n, adj-no) main line; (P) #2728
[ほんるいだ, honruida] (n) home run (baseball); (P) #2943
[もともと, motomoto] (adv, adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start; (P) #3082
[ほんとうに(P);ほんとに(ik), hontouni (P); hontoni (ik)] (adv) really; truly; (P) #3171
[ほんかく, honkaku] (n) (1) original method or procedure; (adj-f) (2) serious; orthodox; classical; genuine; (P) #3325
[ほんたい, hontai] (n, adj-no) (1) substance; real form; (2) body (of a machine); (3) object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); (4) noumenon; (P) #3407
[ほんぺん, honpen] (n) (1) original story; original version; (2) this volume #3439
[だいにっぽんていこく, dainipponteikoku] (n) Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution) #4386
[にほんこく, nihonkoku] (n) Japan #4442
[ほんでん, honden] (n) rice paddy #4791
[ほんきょち, honkyochi] (n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters #4803
[ほんじつ, honjitsu] (n-adv, n-t) today; (P) #4836
[とうほん, touhon] (n) climbing trees; liana #5151
[ほんけん, honken] (n) this matter or case; (P) #5164
[ねほん, nehon] (n) (1) (arch) (ksb #5181
[こんげん(根源;根元;根原)(P);ねもと(根本;根元)(P);こんぽん(根本)(P), kongen ( kongen ; kongen ; ne hara )(P); nemoto ( konpon ; kongen )(P); konpon ( ko] (n, adj-no) root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle; (P) #5181
[たんこうぼん, tankoubon] (n) special book; separate volume; book of lectures; (P) #5182
[えほん, ehon] (n) picture book; (P) #5938
[ほんど, hondo] (n) mainland; one's home country; the country proper; (P) #6066
[ほんごう, hongou] (n) one's hometown #6111
[にほんいち(P);にっぽんいち, nihon'ichi (P); nippon'ichi] (n, adj-no) Japan's best; number one in Japan; (P) #6120
[にほんかい(P);にっぽんかい, nihonkai (P); nipponkai] (n) Sea of Japan; (P) #6438
[ほんとう(P);ほんと(ik), hontou (P); honto (ik)] (adj-na, n) truth; reality; (P) #6463
[ほんしつ, honshitsu] (n, adj-no) essence; true nature; substance; reality; (P) #6802
[よみほん, yomihon] (n) (1) (See 入門書) reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; (2) (original meaning) textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook); (P) #6978
[よみほん, yomihon] (n) type of popular literature from the late Edo period #6978
[ほんぞん, honzon] (n) (1) principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; (2) (See 御本尊) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter; (P) #7184
[ほんもの, honmono] (n, adj-no) genuine article; (P) #7739
[はたもと, hatamoto] (n) shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun #7777
[ほんすう, honsuu] (n) number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes); (P) #7866
[ひょうほん, hyouhon] (n) example; specimen; sample; (P) #8053
[ほんざん, honzan] (n) head temple; this temple; (P) #8062