I Love Kanji本気 (honki)
本気 (ほんき, honki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “seriousness; earnestness”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほんき
- Romaji
- honki
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective · usu. 本気で
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 本気
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 本気だ | ほんきだ honkida |
| Present (polite) | 本気です | ほんきです honkidesu |
| Negative | 本気じゃない | ほんきじゃない honkijanai |
| Past | 本気だった | ほんきだった honkidatta |
| Negative past | 本気じゃなかった | ほんきじゃなかった honkijanakatta |
| Te-form | 本気で | ほんきで honkide |
| Before a noun | 本気な | ほんきな honkina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 本気に | ほんきに honkini |
Kanji in 本気
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 本気.
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Source: JMdict entry 1522370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.