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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん腰ごし

hongoshi

serious effort

Usually used in 本腰を入れる, to get serious. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. さて、本腰ほんごしを入いれてまじめな話はなしをしよう。

    Now let us get down to a serious talk.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 俺おれは慌あわてて探さがし物ものに本腰ほんごしを入いれ始はじめた。

    I hurriedly started searching in earnest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これ以後倒幕運動いごとうばくうんどうに本腰ほんごしを入いれ始はじめる。

    Thereafter, he began working seriously in movement to overthrow the Shogunate.

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

Kanji in 本腰

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 腰loins; hipsOnヨウKunこし

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