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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
textbook / CL:
HSK 1
notebook (stationery) (CL:) / (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑)
HSK 2
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
HSK 3
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
HSK 5
capital (economics)
HSK 5
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
sample; specimen
HSK 7-9
originally / original
HSK 7-9
to make a loss
HSK 7-9
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
model (example worthy of being imitated) / template
version / edition / release
Japan
whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
Melbourne, Australia
reader / an instructional book
copy; duplicate; transcript / (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
account book
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
single volume edition / offprint
Hepburn (name)
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
translation (translated version of a text)
loss / to sustain losses
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc)
printed book; printed copy
handwritten copy
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
to repay capital
to break even
anthology / selected works
hard-earned capital
capital stock / investment
copy
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
block printed edition
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
textbook
Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
manuscript (of a book etc) / sketch (of a design etc)
rubbing of inscription
picture book
to forget one's roots
abridged version
notebook computer (diminutive) / laptop
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
unabridged / complete book
opera libretto
a treasured rare book
extant fragment (of book)
to break even / to get one's money's worth
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
concise edition / abridged edition
Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
a loss / to lose money
Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
small capital / on a shoestring
(a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
edition (of a book) currently in circulation
variant of 原原本本
variant of 原原本本
household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
revised edition (of a book)
vocabulary notebook
script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
(computing) plain text
revised and enlarged edition
low cost / inexpensive
diary (book)
bound volume / one-volume edition
expurgated edition
total costs
production costs
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
to recoup losses (in gambling)
to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
opportunity cost
Euclid's "Elements"
paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance)
paperback (book)
sunk cost (economics)
hypertext
(computing) rich text
paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance)

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