本番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本 番
ほん
Grade: 1 		ばん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほんばん [hòńbáń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [hõ̞mbã̠ɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)番(ばん) • (honban) 

  1. the real thing (of an event or action); getting serious
    ここからが本番(ほんばん)だよ！
    Koko kara ga honban da yo!
    The real thing starts now!
  2. (more specifically)
    1. (entertainment) performance or (actual) recording (as opposed to a rehearsal)
      • Akiyama Toyohiro's (秋山豊寛) first transmission back to Earth
        これ、本番(ほんばん)ですか？
        Kore, honban desu ka?
        Are we live?
    2. (entertainment) main content; real content (as opposed to filler content)
    3. (sports) real competition (as opposed to practice)
    4. (euphemistic) sexual intercourse

Derived terms

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