Word Meaning 本文

ほんぶん hombun

本文 is read as ほんぶん (hombun) and means text (of a book, document, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. text (of a book, document, etc.)
  2. body (of a letter)
  3. this passage
  4. this sentence

Reading

Kana

ほんぶん

Romaji

hombun

Writing Variants

  • 本文 ほんもん hommon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 267 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

本文批評

ほんもんひひょう

textual criticism

基本文

きほんぶん

basic statement

基本SGML文書

きほんえすじーえむえるぶんしょ

basic SGML document

基本五文型

きほんごぶんけい

the five basic sentence structures (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)

基本文書型

きほんぶんしょがた

base document type

日本文学協会

にっぽんぶんがくきょうかい

Japanese Literature Association

日本対外文化協会

にっぽんたいがいぶんかきょうかい

Japan Cultural Association

本社

ほんしゃ

main shrine

本店

ほんてん

this store

本体

ほんたい

noumenon

本物

ほんもの

genuine article

本音

ほんね

real intention

Example Sentences

10

かれはにほんぶんがくをべんきょうしている。

He is studying Japanese literature.

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He is a researcher of Japanese literature.

Tom is a Japanese literature researcher.

Tom majored in Japanese literature in college.

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She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.

She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.

Being knowledgeable about Japanese culture is a good thing.

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