EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

    see 建前

    世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。
    Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まとごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sound, noise

Kun
おと
On
オンイン-ノン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
491 of 2500
Radical
sound
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-5-4SKIP code
5b4.3The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
478deroo
97f3Unicode hex code
1-18-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5110Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6607New Nelson (John Haig)
2070New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2570Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1312Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
479Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
518Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
402A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
962Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
206Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43265Morohashi
6A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
347Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
347Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50sakade
274Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
33henshall3
78Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
620Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.18busy_people
1879Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
490Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin1Pinyin reading
eumKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level