本 (Hon) is a Japanese noun meaning “book, volume, script, this”.
Meanings
- nounbook; volume; script
- prefixthis; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
- prefixmain; head; principal
- prefixreal; genuine; regular; proper
- countercounter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
- countercounter for films, TV shows, etc.
Examples
本を閉じなさい。
Close your book.
本を片づけなさい。
Put your books away.
本を返却しましたか。
Did you take back the books?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).