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2 words matching '本' found
本 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : もと   
noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
3. cause  (also 因, 原)
4. ingredient; material  (esp. 素)
5. (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location  (this meaning is restricted to form 元)
6. original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
7. (plant) root; (tree) trunk
8. first section of a waka  (see also: 和歌)
prefix
9. former ~; originally a ~
10. counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
noun
11. handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 145,569 which gives a rank of 1,025
元 is the most useful form. 4 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 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 400 (about 2,120,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2706 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 731
• 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 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
いちど
一度
してしまったこと
もと
もど
らない

What's done cannot be undone.
やってしまったこと
もと
もど
らない

What is done cannot be undone.
もと
なくしてしまった
I have lost both principal and interest.
BOOST
Reading : もと   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 0 (about 24,450,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 95
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
もと
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 150,000,000 results)
• 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 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
BOOST
Reading : もと   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 333,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4293
BOOST
Reading : もと   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 375,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
本 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Readings : ほん    ぽん   
本 can be read in 2 ways: ほん (90%), ぽん (10%).
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本:ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
3. main; head
4. real; regular
suffix, counter
5. counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls  (sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 192,609 which gives a rank of 127
本 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200 (about 4,020,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 38 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 327
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
ほん
んでいる
しょうじょ
少女
ケート
The girl reading a book is Kate.
ほん
くだ
さい

I'd like a book.
この
ほん
あまり
まない

I don't read this kind of book much.
ほん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 31,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5022
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
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   
ソ   ス    element, component   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
シ   いと thread   
キ   もと foundation, basis   もとい cause   
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キ   それ    その that   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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