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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
HSK 3
skill / ability / capability / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
basically / on the whole
HSK 3
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
ability / skill
HSK 3
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
HSK 5
notebook (stationery) (CL:) / (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑)
HSK 2
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
I; me; myself / oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
HSK 5
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory
HSK 6
to make a loss
HSK 7-9
basics; essentials; fundamentals / (finance) fundamentals
originally / original
HSK 7-9
local / this locality
HSK 6
textbook / CL:
HSK 1
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
HSK 4
capitalism
HSK 7-9
natural instincts / nature / inherent quality
HSK 7-9
essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
HSK 6
the current period / this term (usually in finance)
HSK 6
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
capital (economics)
HSK 5
(to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role
HSK 7-9
fundamental law / body of basic laws
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
(university education) major
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
original idea / real intention / etymon
HSK 7-9
main island
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
abridged version
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
to spare no effort / to devote all one's energies
(Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
the subject under discussion / the point at issue
text editor
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经)
sample; specimen
HSK 7-9
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
basic word
this newspaper
inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities
HSK 7-9
Japanese person or people
this month / the current month
itself / in itself / per se
HSK 6
Bank of Japan
headquarters / base camp
Japan
netbook
Big Ben
source material / original story
undergraduate student
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
murder mystery game (role-playing game)
to forget one's roots
both principal and interest / capital plus profit
this text / article / the main body of a book
essentially / inherent
basic concept
university undergraduate course
a photocopy
this week
this city / our city
foreign capital
basic law (constitutional document)
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
by nature / fundamentally / inherently
current / this year
original form
small capital / on a shoestring
itself
localization / adaptation (to foreign environment)
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
Honda (Japanese name)
one's job
to recoup one's investment
fundamental theorem
capital / principal
Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
Japan Airlines (JAL)
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标)
Euclid's "Elements"
(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位 "school-centered approach")
people-oriented
Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
capital / (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
HSK 7-9
capital reserve
household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
constant capital

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