Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a child counts the pencils emptied from a pencil case. Five pencils lie separately in a neat row, with a sixth being placed at the end. The child touches each pencil in turn while an older sibling keeps track on raised fingers.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん数すう

honsuu

number of trains or similar items

Counts things measured with 本, including trains and films. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 夜間やかん、電車でんしゃは本数ほんすうが減へります。

    The trains are less frequent at night time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ほかの区間くかんと比くらべて運転うんてん本数ほんすうは少すくない。

    The operation is less frequent compared with other sections.

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

  3. 各路線かくろせんとも本数ほんすうが比較的多ひかくてきおおく、利用りようしやすい。

    The area has good accessibility due to the comparatively large number of buses which run through each route.

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

Kanji in 本数

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば

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