Illustration: At an apartment entrance, a father gives his departing adult daughter an emphatic thumbs-up as she wheels a suitcase toward the lift. His arm remains extended reassuringly around the doorway, but he has turned his face back inside, where tears now run down his cheeks.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん心しん

honshin

true feelings, real intentions

Example sentences

本心ほんしんを口くちにする人ひとは少すくない。
Not many people say what they truly feel.
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彼かれは本心ほんしんをなかなか明あきらかにしなかった。
He was reluctant to reveal what he really meant.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは私わたしの本心ほんしんを知しろうと私わたしの顔かおを見みつめた。
He searched my face for my real intentions.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 本心

本book; presentOnホンKunもと
心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ

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