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本 — ほん
Reading: ほん
This form has 2 sense entries in the corpus. All shown below.
Sense 1
counter · 読ほん
ENcounter for long thin objects
HIकिताब
Section: 9. Counters (Common) · Counter: {'kanji': '冊', 'reading': '冊'} · Pitch: mora=2, drop=1
Common collocations
Examples
JAえんぴつを 三本 ください。
ENThree pencils please.
JAペンを 二本 買いました。
ENI bought two pens.
JAペンを 三本 ください。
ENPlease give me three pens.
Often appears with
n5-110 · n5-053 · n5-055 · n5-056
Sense 2
noun · 読ほん
ENbook
HIकिताब
Section: 24. School and Study · Counter: {'kanji': '冊', 'reading': '冊'} · Pitch: mora=2, drop=1
Common collocations
Examples
JA本を 読みます。
ENI read a book.
JAわたしが 買った 本
ENThe book I bought.
JAまいばん 本を 読みます。
ENI read a book every night.
Often appears with
n5-135