Word Meaning 本領
ほんりょう
honryou
本領 is read as ほんりょう (honryou) and means fief.
Meaning
English
- fief
- inherited estate
- one's function
- one's duty
- characteristic quality
- special character
- one's real ability
- one's specialty
Reading
Kana
ほんりょう
Romaji
honryou
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 19 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12本領安堵
ほんりょうあんど
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
Example Sentences
1この作家が本領を発揮しているのは短編小説だ。
This writer is at his best in his short stories.