| Kanji 漢字 / Romaji 音韻 | Kana / Hiragana / Phonetic | Definition |
| 本論 | ほんろん | (n) main discourse / this subject / body (of a speech) |
| honron | honron |
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| 翻弄 | ほんろう | trifle with / make sport of / make fun of |
| honrou | honrou |
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| 本塁 | ほんるい | (n) base / stronghold / main fort / home plate |
| honrui | honrui |
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| 本塁打 | ほんるいだ | (n) home run (baseball) |
| honruida | honruida |
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| 本領 | ほんりょう | (n) characteristic / speciality / duty / proper function / original fief |
| honryou | honryou |
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| 奔流 | ほんりゅう | (n) tumbling water |
| honryuu | honryuu |
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| 本流 | ほんりゅう | (n) main current / main current of thought |
| honryuu | honryuu |
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| 本妻 | ほんさい | (n) one's legal wife |
| honsai | honsai |
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| 本三里塚 | ほんさんりづか | Honsanridzuka |
| honsan sato tsuka | honsanriduka |
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| 本姓 | ほんせい | (n) real or original name |
| hon sei | honsei |
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| 本性 | ほんせい | (n) true character / real nature |
| honshou | honsei |
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| 本籍 | ほんせき | place of registry |
| honseki | honseki |
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| 本籍 | ほんせき | (n) one's permanent residence |
| honseki | honseki |
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| 本籍地 | ほんせきち | (n) permanent domicile |
| honsekichi | honsekichi |
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| 本線 | ほんせん | (n) main line |
| honsen | honsen |
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| 本船 | ほんせん | (n) mother ship / this ship |
| honsen | honsen |
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| 本選 | ほんせん | (n) final selection |
| hon sen | honsen |
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| 本船渡し | ほんせんわたし | F.O.B. / free on board |
| honsen watashi | honsenwatashi |
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| 本節 | ほんせつ | this chapter / this passage / this section |
| honsetsu | honsetsu |
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| 本社 | ほんしゃ | (n) head office / main office / headquarters |
| honsha | honsha |
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| 本社移転 | ほんしゃいてん | (n) headquarter shift |
| honsha iten | honshaiten |
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| 本社移転費用 | ほんしゃいてんひよう | Head office relocation expenses (US) |
| honsha iten hiyou | honshaitenhiyou |
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| 本旨 | ほんし | (n) main object / principal object / true aim |
| honshi | honshi |
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| 本紙 | ほんし | (n) this newspaper |
| honshi | honshi |
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| 本誌 | ほんし | (n) this magazine |
| honshi | honshi |
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| 本試験 | ほんしけん | (n) final examination |
| honshiken | honshiken |
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| 本式 | ほんしき | formal / orthodox / in earnest |
| honshiki | honshiki |
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| 本心 | ほんしん | (n) true feelings |
| honshin | honshin |
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| 本震 | ほんしん | (n) main shock (of an earthquake) |
| hon shin | honshin |
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| 本質 | ほんしつ | (n) essence / true nature / reality |
| honshitsu | honshitsu |
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| 本質条件 | ほんしつじょうけん | essential condition |
| honshitsu jouken | honshitsujouken |
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| 本質的 | ほんしつてき | (adj-na) essentially |
| honshitsuteki | honshitsuteki |
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| 本初 | ほんしょ | beginning / origin / start |
| hon hatsu | honsho |
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| 本署 | ほんしょ | (n) police headquarters / main office / this office |
| honsho | honsho |
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| 本書 | ほんしょ | (n) text / script / this book |
| honsho | honsho |
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| 本職 | ほんしょく | (n) professional / principal occupation / an expert |
| honshoku | honshoku |
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| 本色 | ほんしょく | (n) one's real character |
| hon shoku | honshoku |
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| 本初子午線 | ほんしょしごせん | prime meridian |
| hon hatsugo uma sen | honshoshigosen |
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| 本省 | ほんしょう | (n) this ministry / the home office |
| honshou | honshou |
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| 本章 | ほんしょう | (n) this chapter |
| honshou | honshou |
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