Word Meaning 本家

ほんけ honke

本家 is read as ほんけ (honke) and means head house (family).

Meaning

English

  1. head house (family)
  2. birthplace
  3. originator

Reading

Kana

ほんけ

Romaji

honke

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 分家 Rank 13082 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

資本家

しほんか

capitalist

総本家

そうほんけ

head family

国家資本主義

こっかしほんしゅぎ

state capitalism

日本家族看護学会

にっぽんかぞくかんごがっかい

Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing

資本家階級

しほんかかいきゅう

capitalist class

日本写真作家協会

にっぽんしゃしんさっかきょうかい

Japan Photographers Association

国家独占資本主義

こっかどくせんしほんしゅぎ

state monopoly capitalism

日本テレビ美術家協会

にほんてれびびじゅつかきょうかい

Japan Television Artist Network

日本民主法律家協会

にほんみんしゅほうりつかきょうかい

Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association

本社

ほんしゃ

main shrine

本店

ほんてん

this store

本文

ほんぶん

text (of a book, document, etc.)

Example Sentences

2

The inspiration for Manneken Pis was a boy named Julian from Brussels, Belgium.

Though it was the original, Amsterdam, and York, were beaten by New York.