本体ほんたい (hontai)

substance, real form, object of worship

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 1
  • #3130 most frequent
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Meaning

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

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Example sentences 11

エンジン 本体ほんたいを 取りとりかえた

The main body of the engine was changed.

パートの本体。

The body of the mime part if any.

本体は桐で作る。

The body is made from the empress tree.

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.