本

head office

Japanese person

headquarters

the person in question

basics

one long cylindrical thing

truth

originally

plenary session

Japanese (language)

funds

original method

real name

genuine

fundamental

home run

substance

mere

Japan's best

head office

real intention

genuine article

home country

Sea of Japan

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

this matter

regularization

drastic

root

essence

text (of a book, document, etc.)

performance (as opposed to practice)

main text

script

seriousness

stronghold

standard

Bank of Japan

picture book

main section (of a newspaper)

capitalism

social capital

mainland

three (long cylindrical things)

script

principal occupation

Hon'inbō

home (of something)

fundamental

principal (invest.)

model

sake (rice wine)

capital stock

book

today

Amida Buddha's original vow

net worth

Japanese-style painting

favorite (to win)

standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.)

head house

really

main course (of a river)

base

main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.)

this column

main line

four (long cylindrical things)

head temple

reluctant

trade fair

double feature (movie)

instinct

number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)

head temple of a Buddhist sect

ministry proper

bookstore

this (current) year

characteristic quality

bookcase

secondhand book

sample

the original

true feelings

strenuous effort

main island

specimen

main body (of an army)

one's normal condition

distribution of books

original stock

principal occupation

Japanese style

Japan

this land

Science Council of Japan

main budget

(a pair of) bookends

eight (long cylindrical things)

main school

inner citadel

main hall (of a Buddhist temple)

Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)

throughout Japan

one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register)

rules

first (of its kind) in Japan

Japanese history

true character

real intention

Japanese society

all over Japan

Japanese government

made in Japan

reading-book

Japanese company (business, firm)

main thread (of a story)

Japanese cooking

essential

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

Japanese economy

secondhand bookshop

basic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.)

putting the cart before the horse

true meaning

official sumo tournament (six per year)

permanent construction

origin

central government office

manuscript (book)

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple)

main office

originator

bookbinding

bookshelves

fishing with a pole

root

this country

certified copy

capitalist

tree

definite decision

official copy of the family register

main hall (of a Shinto shrine)

one's duty

shogunal vassal

highway

Japanese paper

supplementary reader

mother ship