Illustration: On a Japanese apartment balcony, a child shows a parent a phone photograph of a neighborhood cat sitting inside an absurdly small flowerpot. The parent initially holds one eyebrow raised toward the photograph, but their other hand has just drawn aside the balcony curtain.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん当とう

hontou

truth

Example sentences

  1. 本当ほんとう？

    Are you sure?

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  2. 本当ほんとうに？

    Really?

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  3. 本当ほんとうなの？

    Is that true?

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Kanji in 本当

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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