Meaning
本音 (ほんね, honne) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “real intention, motive”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
彼はいつも本音で話す
He always speaks his true mind.
彼は本音を出した。
He showed what he meant.
それは貴方の本音だ。
Those are your true feelings.
それが私の本音です。
Those are my true feelings.
建て前と本音は別だ.
There are differences between people's stated principles and their real intentions.
彼の発言は本音ではない。
His remarks are not what he really thinks.
つい本音を言ってしまった。
I said what I really felt by accident.
社長は言うことと本音が違う。
My boss says one thing and means another.
私たちはそれについて本音で話す。
We speak about that sincerely.
彼女に望むのは、歯に衣着せないで本音を言って欲しいということだ。
I wish she wouldn't pussyfoot about it and just say what she means.
世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。
Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.