大本

大本

1. (literary) foundation; basis
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大本 (dàběn); 大 (“big”) + 本 (“notebook”)
3. short for 大學本科／大学本科 (dàxué běnkē, “bachelor's degree at a university”)

• (foundation):

• (antonym(s) of “bachelor's degree”): 大專／大专 (dàzhuān)

• (Tokyo) おおもと [òómótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmo̞to̞]

大(おお)本(もと) • (ōmoto) 

1. foundation, basis

   Synonyms: ねっこ (nekko), 根源 (kongen), 根本

大(おお)本(もと) • (Ōmoto) 

1. a surname

From Chinese 大本 (dàběn). Attested from at least the 11th century.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ihõ̞ɴ]

大(たい)本(ほん) or 大本(だいほん) • (taihon or daihon) 

1. foundation, basis, basic fundamentals
   • 1892, Ozaki Kōyō, Futari Nyōbō:

     爰(ここ)が家(か)内(ない)の治(なお)る大(たい)本(ほん)とも謂(いい)つべく

     Koko ga kanai no naoru taihon to mo ī tsu beku

     Here is the basis on which my wife should be cured

Of 大 (ō, “great, large”) +‎ 本 (hon, “book”). Attested from the Edo period.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːhõ̞ɴ]

大(おお)本(ほん) • (ōhon) ^{←おほほん (ofofon)?}

1. (publishing, printing) folio (large book made from sheets of Mino washi paper folded in half)

• 美(み)濃(の)紙(がみ) (Minogami, “Mino washi paper”)