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    本心

    本ほん心しん

    true feelings

    KMT7News #21+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ほんしん

    Noun

    1.
    true feelings, real intention, one's heart
    2.
    one's right mind, one's senses, one's conscience

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    彼かれの本ほん心しんはどこにあるのだろう。

    I wonder what his true feelings are.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょはなかなか本ほん心しんを明あかそうとしなかった。

    She was reluctant to reveal her true feelings.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの笑え顔がおの裏うらに隠かくされた本ほん心しんを知しりたい。

    I want to know the true feelings hidden behind his smile.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    どんなに辛つらくても、本ほん心しんを偽いつわってはいけない。

    No matter how painful it is, you shouldn't deceive your true feelings.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    表ひょう面めん的てきな言こと葉ばではなく、相あい手ての本ほん心しんを見み抜ぬくことが重じゅう要ようだ。

    It's important to see through superficial words and discern the other person's true feelings.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
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