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    3. 張本人

    張本人

    張ちょう本ほん人にん

    originator

    KMT9News #30+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    帳本人

    ちょうほんにん

    Noun

    1.
    originator, ringleader, perpetrator, main culprit, person responsible

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    犯はん行こうの張ちょう本ほん人にんはまだ捕つかまっていない。

    The main culprit of the crime has not been caught yet.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    この問もん題だいの張ちょう本ほん人にんは彼かれだと言いわれている。

    He is said to be the person responsible for this problem.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれはその騒そう動どうの張ちょう本ほん人にんとして、多おおくの非ひ難なんを浴あびた。

    As the ringleader of that disturbance, he received a lot of criticism.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの怒いかりの張ちょう本ほん人にんは、約やく束そくを破やぶった彼かれだった。

    The person responsible for her anger was him, who broke the promise.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    その誤ご解かいの張ちょう本ほん人にんは、私わたしの不ふ注ちゅう意いな発はつ言げんだったかもしれない。

    The originator of that misunderstanding might have been my careless remark.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    張
    は.る・-は.り・-ば.り…(3)
    counter for bows & stringed instruments・stretch・spread・put up (tent)
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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