本
book · present · main · origin · true · real · counter for long cylindrical things
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Cultural Context
Etymology
Shape of mark at base of tree (木). The root of things.
Symbolism
Root, book, Japan. Represents authenticity in 'real' and 'genuine'.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Unraveling a book
Anime & Manga
本好きの下剋上
Ascendance of a Bookworm(2013)
Story of a 'book'-loving woman making books in another world.
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かまいたちの夜
Kamaitachi no Yoru(1994)
Developer: Chunsoft
Masterpiece sound novel game (progressing like reading a 'book').
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Four-Character Compounds
一本調子
いっぽんぢょうし
monotone; monotonous; dull; monotone
興味本位
きょうみほんい
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; (just) out of curiosity
他力本願
たりきほんがん
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others; salvation by faith in Amitabha
本家本元
ほんけほんもと
original home; birthplace; originator; original home
本末転倒
ほんまつてんとう
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards; putting the cart before the horse
帰巣本能
きそうほんのう
homing instinct; homing instinct
敵本主義
てきほんしゅぎ
diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment; diversionary tactics
抜本塞源
ばっぽんそくげん
eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil; eradication of (sources of) evil
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); 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)