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    本音

    本ほん音ね

    real intention

    N1KMT3News #5+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ほんね

    Noun

    1.
    real intention, motive, true opinion, what one really thinks

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    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの本ほん音ねは分わかりません。

    I don't know his true feelings.

    KMT2Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは本ほん音ねをなかなか言いいません。

    He rarely expresses his true feelings.

    KMT3Emotions & Psychology
    友とも達だちだからこそ、本ほん音ねで話はなせる関かん係けいが大たい切せつです。

    Precisely because we are friends, a relationship where we can speak our true feelings is important.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    会かい議ぎでは建たて前まえで話はなしたが、飲のみ会かいでようやく本ほん音ねを聞きけた。

    I spoke formally in the meeting, but I finally heard his true feelings at the drinking party.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerDaily Life
    彼かの女じょはいつも笑え顔がおだが、時とき々どき本ほ音んねが見みえ隠かくれする。

    She always smiles, but sometimes her true feelings peek through.

    KMT4Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    音
    おと・ね…(5)
    sound・noise
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