Japanese word
本気
ほんき
In your course · Chapter 36
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- B1
- Frequency
- No. 919 in the course corpus
Meanings
- serious; in earnest
Source: Tonada course
Kanji
- 本
- On reading:
- ホン
- Kun reading:
- もと
- Meanings:
- book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- 気
- On reading:
- キ、ケ
- Kun reading:
- いき、き
- Meanings:
- spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))