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    3. 本名

    本名

    本ほん名みょう

    real name

    N1KMT2News #4+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ほんみょうほんめい

    Noun

    1.
    real name

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    彼かれの本ほん名みょうを知しっていますか。

    Do you know his real name?

    KMT2Daily Life
    彼かの女じょは芸げい名めいを使つかっているが、本ほん名みょうは田た中なかさんだ。

    She uses a stage name, but her real name is Tanaka.

    KMT2Daily LifeMusic & Entertainment
    インターネット上じょうでは本ほん名みょうを明あかさない人ひとも多おおい。

    Many people don't reveal their real names online.

    KMT3Internet & Social MediaDaily Life
    家か族ぞくの間あいだでは、本ほん名みょうで呼よび合あうのが普ふ通つうです。

    Among family members, it's normal to call each other by their real names.

    KMT3Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かれは小しょう説せつ家かだが、本ほん名みょうではなくペンネームで活かつ動どうしている。

    He is a novelist, but he works under a pen name, not his real name.

    KMT4LiteratureWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
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