JLPT N1 · Noun

本音 (honne)

本音 (ほんね, honne) is a Japanese noun meaning “real intention; motive”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほんね
Romaji: honne
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

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.

Tatoeba #75968

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 本音

本

book, present, mainホン・もと · 5 strokes

音

sound, noiseオン・イン・おと・ね · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 本音.

本ほんbook本棚ほんだなbookshelves本当ほんとうtruth資本しほんfunds基本きほんbasics日本にっぽんJapan日本にほんJapan本当ほんとtruth本人ほんにんthe person in question本物ほんものgenuine article標本ひょうほんspecimen本部ほんぶheadquarters本来ほんらいoriginally見本みほんsample

Source: JMdict entry 1522250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.