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Meanings: book, counter for long, slender objects
On Readings: ホン hon
Kun Readings: もと moto
Most Used Pronunciation: hon
JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji)
Grade: 1
Kanji Part:
Stroke Number: 5
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Common jukugo
- にほん ni hon - Japan
- ほんや hon ya - bookstore
- に ほん じん ni hon jin - Japanese person
- え ほん e hon - picture book, children's book
- ほん hon - book
- に ほん ni hon - Japan
- に ほん ご ni hon go - Japanese (language)
- ほん みょう hon myou - real name (not a fake)
- ほん や hon ya - bookstore
- こん ぽん kon pon - basis, foundation, origin, source
- に ほん し ni hon shi - Japanese history
- し ほん shi hon - funds, capital

Useful Examples
Japanese: に行きたい!
Romaji: nihon ni ikitai!
English: I want to go to Japan!

Japanese: 来月日に行きましょう!
Romaji: rai getsu nihon ni ikimashou!
English: Next month, let's go to Japan!

Japanese: 五月に日に行く予定です。
Romaji: go gatsu ni nihon ni iku yotei desu.
English: I am planning to go to Japan in May.

Japanese: 毎年日に行きます。
Romaji: mai toshi nihon ni ikimasu
English: I go to Japan every year.

Japanese: 語が話せますか?
Romaji: nihongo ga hanasemasu ka?
English: Can you speak Japanese?

Japanese: 私のはどこですか?
Romaji: watashi no hon wa doko desu ka?
English: Where is my book?

Japanese: 3年間日に住みました。
Romaji: san nen kan nihon ni sumimashita.
Literal: 3-year-span-Japan-at-lived
English: I lived in Japan for 3 years.

Japanese: 語を読んでください。
Romaji: nihongo o yonde kudasai.
English: Please read Japanese.

Japanese: いつかを書きたい。
Romaji: itsuka hon o kakitai.
English: Someday, I would like to write a book.

Japanese: 秋に日へ行きます。
Romaji: aki ni nihon e ikimasu.
English: In the Fall, I will go to Japan.

Japanese: 一歩一歩日語を勉強してください。
Romaji: ippo ippo nihongo o benkyou shite kudasai.
English: Study Japanese a little by little.

Japanese: 政府は根的な変革をしなければならない。
Romaji: seifu wa konpontekina henkaku o shinakerebanaranai.
Literal: The government (subject marker) fundamental changes (DO marker) not make not become.
English: The government must make fundamental changes.

Japanese: その習慣は日独特のものだ。
Romaji: Sono shuukan wa nihon dokutoku no modo da.
Literal: That custom Japan unique thing is.
English: That custom is unique to Japan.

Japanese: この棚は組み立てが簡単だ。
Romaji: kono hondana wa kumitate ga kantan da.
Literal: This bookshelf assembly easy is.
English: This bookshelf is easy to assemble.

Japanese: 1人は日人で、もう1人はイタリア人です。
Romaji: hitori wa nihonjin de, mou hitori wa itariajin desu.
English: One is Japanese and the other is Italian.

Japanese: マイクと妹はフランス語を話せるが、日語は話せません。
Romaji: maiku to imouto wa furansugo o hanaseru ga, nihongo wa hanasemasen.
English: Mike and his sister can speak French, but they can't speak Japanese.

Japanese: このはここで売られています。
Romaji: kono hon wa koko de urarete imasu.
English: This book is sold here.

Japanese: 人はイギリス人より牛肉を食べる。
Romaji: nihonjin wa igirisunin yori gyuuniku o taberu.
English: Nowadays, the Japanese eat more beef than the British do.

Japanese: 野原の間に1の小道があります。
Romaji: nohara no aida ni ippon no komichi ga arimasu.
English: There is a path through the fields.

Japanese: 生け花は日の文化です。
Romaji: ikebana wa nihon no bunka desu.
English: Flower arrangement is a part of Japanese culture.

Japanese: その写しは原と合っている。
Romaji: sono utsushi wa genpon to atte iru.
English: The copy agrees with the original.

Japanese: では米が主食です。
Romaji: nihon de wa kome ga shushoku desu.
English: The main diet in Japan is rice.

Japanese: その絵は物そっくりだ。
Romaji: sono e wa honmono sokkuri da.
English: The picture is true to life.

Japanese: は東は太平洋に面する。
Romaji: nihon wa higashi wa taiheiyou ni men suru.
English: Japan faces the Pacific on the east.

Japanese: では、あなたは美によって囲まれている。
Romaji: nihon de wa, anata wa bi ni yotte kakomarete iru.
English: In Japan you are surrounded by beauty.

Japanese: の人口は約1億2千万人です。
Romaji: nihon no jinkou wa yaku ichioku nisenman nin desu.
English: The population of Japan is about 120 million.

Japanese: このは来年印刷されるでしょう。
Romaji: kono hon wa rainen insatsu sareru deshou.
English: This book will be printed next year.

Japanese: 中国の歴史は日の歴史より古い。
Romaji: chuugoku no rekishi wa nihon no rekishi yori furui.
English: The history of China is older than that of Japan.

Japanese: はカナダと大量の貿易をしている。
Romaji: nihon wa kanada to tairyou no boueki o shite iru.
English: Japan has a lot of trade with Canada.

Japanese: あなたは永久に日を去るのではないでしょうね。
Romaji: anata wa eikyuu ni nihon o saru no de wa nai deshou ne.
English: You are not leaving Japan for good, are you?

Japanese: 母はこの前の日曜日にズボンを2買ってくれました。
Romaji: haha wa kono mae no nichiyoubi ni zubon o ni hon katte kuremashita.
English: My mother bought me two pairs of pants last Sunday.

Japanese: は海に取り囲まれているので、気候が温和である。
Romaji: nihon wa umi ni torikakomarete iru no de, kikou ga onwa de aru.
English: Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.

Japanese: は今年、かつてないほど大量の車を生産した。
Romaji: nihon wa kotoshi, katsutenai hodo tairyou no kuruma o seisan shita.
English: Japan has produced more cars than ever this year.

Japanese: 明治維新は現代日の礎を築いた。
Romaji: meiji ishin wa gendai nihon no ishizue wo kizuita.
Literal: Meiji Restoration-modern-Japan-foundation-build
English: The Meiji Restoration built the foundations of modern Japan.

Look alike kanji
only a small horizontal bar makes the difference

Notes/Mnemonic
Just as the kanji is made from ki (木) so is a book made from trees


Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.

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