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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

張ちょう本ほん人にん

chouhonnin

person responsible, main culprit

Example sentences

  1. このうわさの張本人ちょうほんにんはだれだ？

    Who is at the bottom of these rumors?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムが事故じこを引ひき起おこした張本人ちょうほんにんなんだ。

    Tom is the one who caused the accident.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. また、武市たけいちを処刑しょけいに追おい込こんだ張本人ちょうほんにんであるため、一部いちぶでは「将来しょうらいの総理大臣そうりだいじんを殺ころした」者ものとして非難ひなんされている。

    In addition, since he was the person who had put Takechi to death, some people criticized him for killing the future Prime Minister.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 張本人

  • 張counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretchOnチョウKunはる
  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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