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本体ほんたい (hontai)

substance, real form, object of worship

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 1
  • #3130 most frequent

Meaning

本体 (ほんたい, hontai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “substance, real form, object of worship”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

エンジン本体ほんたいを取り替とりかえた

The main body of the engine was changed.

本体は桐で作る。

The body is made from the empress tree.

MIMEパートの本体。

The body of the MIME part.

容器本体22は容器本体12よりも大きい。

The container body 22 is larger than the container body 12.

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