Illustration: A small passenger ferry leaves a compact offshore island for a much larger Japanese coast. The island's entire shoreline is visible behind the boat, containing a tiny harbor and a few houses.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん土ど

hondo

mainland

Example sentences

島しまから本土ほんどまでは４０キロです。
It’s forty kilometers from the island to the mainland.
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その島しまは本土ほんどから遠とおく離はなれている。
The island is cut off far from the mainland.
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以後いごハワイからアメリカ本土ほんどへの移民制限いみんせいげんが緩和かんわされる。
After this, immigration rules were relaxed for people moving from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
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Kanji in 本土

本book; presentOnホンKunもと
土soil; earthOnド・トKunつち

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