Illustration: In a Japanese letterpress workshop, a compositor lifts the large central block of a page's metal type onto a carrying board. A short heading block remains above its former position, and several much smaller supplementary blocks remain below.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん文ぶん

honbun

main text, body text

Also read ほんもん in some contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この本ほんは本文ほんぶんの部分ぶぶんはそんなに多おおくない。

    There’s not so much text in this book.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この情報じょうほうは注釈ちゅうしゃくではなく本文ほんぶんで扱あつかうべきだ。

    You should treat this information in the main body of the text, not in the notes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ＥＲＲＯＲ：本文ほんぶんがありません！

    ERROR: No body text!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 本文

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや

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