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本 : Book
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book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
	
	
 
 
| Strokes: | 5 | 
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 | Radical: | 木 (75) | 
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 | Usage Rating: | 10 | 
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 | Unicode: | 0672c | 
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 | jis208: | 43-60 | 
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Some information on this page provided by  EDICT 
本 Usage examples
| 欠本 | missing volume |  
| 流布本 | popular edition |  
| 流通資本 | circulating capital |  
| 流動資本 | floating capital |  
| 好色本 | erotic or pornographic book (Edo period) |  
| 一年生草本 | annual herb |  
| 一本取る | to beat, to gain a point, to upset |  
| 越年草本 | biennial herb |  
| 巻子本 | roll, scroll, rolled book |  
| 資本無し | without capital |  
| 掌中本 | pocket edition |  
| 摺本 | folded book |  
| 純日本式 | purely Japanese style |  
| 選対本部 | election headquarters |  
| 当の本人 | the person himself |  
| 藤本 | climbing trees, liana |  
| 日本領 | Japanese territory |  
| 控え見本 | duplicate sample |  
| 本腰を入れる | to set about in earnest |  
| 本初 | beginning, origin, start |  
| 本省詰め | service at the Head Office |  
| 本年度 | current year (fiscal, academic, etc.) |  
| 本の間 | between two books |  
| 本の少し | just a little |  
| 本の虫 | bookworm, bibliophile, bibliophage |  
| 本物で通る | to pass for (as) genuine |  
| 本欄 | this column |  
| 本を編む | to compile a book |  
| 本を出す | to publish a book, to put out a book |  
| 本を広げる | to open a book |  
| 模式標本 | type specimen |  
本を正す 本を糺す 本をただす | to go to the bottom of an affair, to inquire into the origin |  
| 日本国民 | Japanese citizen, Japanese citizens |  
| 基本語 | basic vocabulary item |  
| 脚本家 | scriptwriter, playwright, scenario writer |  
| 根本原理 | fundamental (basic) principles, fundamentals, ground rules |  
| 資本力 | capital strength (of an enterprise) |  
| 資本論 | Das Kapital, Capital |  
| 自己本位 | self-centeredness, self-centredness, selfishness, egotism, egoism |  
| 性本能 | sex instinct |  
| 製本屋 | bookbinder |  
| 日本学術会議 | Science Council of Japan |  
| 日本銀行 | Bank of Japan, BOJ, BoJ |  
| 日本時間 | Japan time |  
| 日本庭園 | Japanese-style garden, traditional Japanese landscape garden |  
| 漫画本 | comic book |  
| 稀覯本 | rare book |  
| 全日本 | All-Japan |  
| 運転資本 | working capital |  
二本立て映画 2本立て映画 | double feature (movie) |  
三本立て映画 3本立て映画 | triple feature (movie) |  
| 株主資本利益率 | return on equity, ROE |  
| 資本関係 | capital ties |  
| 資本基盤 | capital base |  
  
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