First opened Sunday, November 30, 2025
本音
ほんね
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
(one's) real intention, motive
Taken apart
We don't have the data for this section. Wiktionary has no Etymology section for this reading, and a split made without one would be a guess.
In a sentence
彼は本音を出した。
He showed what he meant.
社長は言うことと本音が違う。
My boss says one thing and means another.
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What Wiktionary says
We don't have the data for this section. The pinned Wiktionary dump has no Etymology section for this reading, so nothing is said about where the word comes from.
What the labels mean
- 混種語 Hybrid
- Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.