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    3. 本人

    本人

    本ほん人にん

    the person in question

    N3KMT1News #2+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab7 strokes

    ほんにん

    Noun

    1.
    the person in question, the person themselves, said person

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    本ほん人にんが来きました。

    The person themselves came.

    KMT1Core ConceptsDaily Life
    本ほん人にんに直ちょく接せつ確かく認にんしてください。

    Please confirm directly with the person themselves.

    KMT2Core ConceptsDaily Life
    本ほん人にんの意い思しを尊そん重ちょうすべきです。

    We should respect the person's own will.

    KMT3Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    契けい約やく書しょには本ほん人にんによる署しょ名めいが必ひつ要ようです。

    The contract requires a signature from the person themselves.

    KMT4Core ConceptsBusiness & FinancePolitics & Law
    彼かれは本ほん人にんと間ま違ちがわれるほど似にています。

    He looks so much like the person in question that he's mistaken for them.

    KMT5Core ConceptsDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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