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There are 14 total results for your 本本 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

本本

see styles
běn běn
    ben3 ben3
pen pen
 motomoto
    もともと
notebook computer (diminutive); laptop
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start

坂本本

see styles
 sakamotohon
    さかもとほん
(place-name) Sakamotohon

小本本

see styles
 komotohon
    こもとほん
(place-name) Komotohon

本本主義


本本主义

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běn běn zhǔ yì
    ben3 ben3 zhu3 yi4
pen pen chu i
book worship; bookishness

本本分分

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běn běn fèn fèn
    ben3 ben3 fen4 fen4
pen pen fen fen
decorous; respectable

元元本本

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yuán yuán běn běn
    yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3
yüan yüan pen pen
variant of 原原本本[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]

原原本本

see styles
yuán yuán běn běn
    yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3
yüan yüan pen pen
from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal

坂本本町

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 sakamotohonmachi
    さかもとほんまち
(place-name) Sakamotohonmachi

小本本町

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 komotohonmachi
    こもとほんまち
(place-name) Komotohonmachi

日本本土

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 nihonhondo
    にほんほんど
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan

源源本本

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yuán yuán běn běn
    yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3
yüan yüan pen pen
variant of 原原本本[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]

日本本土最西端の碑

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 nihonhondosaiseitannohi / nihonhondosaisetannohi
    にほんほんどさいせいたんのひ
(place-name) Nihonhondosaiseitannohi

Variations:
元々(P)
本々(P)
元元
本本

see styles
 motomoto
    もともと
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start

Variations:
元々(P)
元元
本本(rK)
本々(rK)

see styles
 motomoto
    もともと
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) (usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc.) none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 14 results for "本本" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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