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6 words matching 'ほんとう' found
ほんとう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
本当
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Readings : ほんとう    ほんと   
本当 can be read in 2 ways: ほんとう (90%), ほんと (10%).
1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
2. proper; right; correct; official
3. genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 170,738 which gives a rank of 420
本当 is the most useful form. 6 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 127,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 551 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7111
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
こと
ほんとう
本当
かもしれない
What she says may be true.
わたし
ほんとう
本当
こと
わざる
なかった

I couldn't but speak the truth.
かのじょ
彼女
はなし
ほんとう
本当
おも
った

I wondered if her story was true.
ほんとう
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000 (about 16,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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本とう
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Reading : ほんとう   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 247,000 (about 10,700 results)
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本當
BOOST
Readings : ほんとう    ほんと   
本當 can be read in 2 ways: ほんと, ほんとう.
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 129,000 (about 836,000 results)
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ホントー
BOOST
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 85,200,000 results)
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ホント
BOOST
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 85,200,000 results)
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ホントウ
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 201,000 results)
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ほんとう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
本島
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Reading : ほんとう   
noun
1. main island
2. this island
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 75,005 which gives a rank of 10,281
本島 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 29,700,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12232
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ほんとう
BOOST
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000 (about 16,400,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ほんとう is the reading of the following word:
翻倒
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Reading : ほんとう   
turning upside-down  (obscure term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 29,248 which gives a rank of 77,422
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,800,000 results)
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ほんとう is the reading of the following word:
奔騰
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Reading : ほんとう   
price jump; boom
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 26,911 which gives a rank of 96,306
• Google Japan frequency rank: 84,000 (about 2,980,000 results)
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Example sentences:
ぶっか
物価
ほんとう
奔騰
した

Prices rose steeply.
ほんとう is the reading of the following word:
本盗
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Reading : ほんとう   
noun
stealing home  (baseball term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 31,621 which gives a rank of 64,849
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,580,000 results)
No examples found for any form of this word.
ほんとう is the reading of the following word:
本統
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Reading : ほんとう   
noun
1. main branch of a family
2. truth; reality  (see also: 本当)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 21,002 which gives a rank of 143,074
• Google Japan frequency rank: 195,000 (about 299,000 results)
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
hit
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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classroom
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cover; covered   
デン   た rice field   
トウ   しま island   
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サン   やま mountain   
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reach
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   ひるがえ to flutter, to flap   ひるがえ to change one's mind; to fly (flag, etc.)   
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バン    turn   
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topped rice
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
トウ   たおれる to fall over   たお to knock down   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
トウ    arrive   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トウ   かたな sword   
ホン    bustle   
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ten big
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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twenty; two hands   
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トウ    inflation   
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バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
チン    royal 'we', emperor's pronoun   
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ニク body part   
relation
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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トウ   ぬす to steal   
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ジ   シ   つぎ next   つ to come after   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
ice   
さら dish   
トウ   すべる to govern, to control   
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ジュウ   あてる to allot   
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private lidded
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lid
legs
シ   いと thread   
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