"本物" meaning in Japanese

See 本物 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [hõ̞mːo̞no̞] Forms: 本物 [canonical] (ruby: (ほん), (もの)), honmono [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 本(ほん) (hon, “actual”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|本|ほん|物|もの|t1=actual|t2=thing}} 本(ほん) (hon, “actual”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほんもの}} 本(ほん)物(もの) • (honmono)
  1. the real thing; the genuine article; not a fake
    Sense id: en-本物-ja-noun-BFSIMZ-g Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 21 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 23 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 23 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 36 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 44 25 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 21 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 21 35
  2. being lifelike
    Sense id: en-本物-ja-noun-11cAUcZf
  3. state of being real
    Sense id: en-本物-ja-noun-ibmOO5Nf
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      "roman": "nisemono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "偽",
          "にせ"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "偽物"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ほん",
        "3": "物",
        "4": "もの",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 本(ほん) (hon, “actual”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).",
  "forms": [
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "本",
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        ],
        [
          "物",
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        ]
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    },
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ほんもの"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "44 21 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "47 23 30",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "the real thing; the genuine article; not a fake"
      ],
      "id": "en-本物-ja-noun-BFSIMZ-g",
      "links": [
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          "real"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being lifelike"
      ],
      "id": "en-本物-ja-noun-11cAUcZf",
      "links": [
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          "lifelike",
          "lifelike"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "state of being real"
      ],
      "id": "en-本物-ja-noun-ibmOO5Nf"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほんもの"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hõ̞mːo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本物"
}
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    {
      "roman": "nisemono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "偽",
          "にせ"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "4": "もの",
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        "t2": "thing"
      },
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 本(ほん) (hon, “actual”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "本物",
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        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "honmono",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "本(ほん)物(もの) • (honmono)",
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    }
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        "the real thing; the genuine article; not a fake"
      ],
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        [
          "real",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being lifelike"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "lifelike",
          "lifelike"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "state of being real"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ほんもの"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hõ̞mːo̞no̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本物"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 本物 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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