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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
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
(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
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to make a loss
HSK 7-9
originally / original
HSK 7-9
textbook / CL:
HSK 1
capital (economics)
HSK 5
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
abridged version
to spare no effort / to devote all one's energies
(Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
sample; specimen
HSK 7-9
Japan
netbook
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
to forget one's roots
a photocopy
foreign capital
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
small capital / on a shoestring
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
to recoup one's investment
Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标)
Euclid's "Elements"
people-oriented
household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
constant capital
production costs
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
a preprint
handwritten copy
low cost / inexpensive
printed book; printed copy
account book
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
single volume edition / offprint
to break even / to get one's money's worth
notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
hypertext
pocket book / paperback
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
unabridged / complete book
copy; duplicate; transcript / (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
processing cost
to break even
paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance)
exercise book / workbook / CL:
opera libretto
model (example worthy of being imitated) / template
total costs
pleasure from helping others
guestbook
translation (translated version of a text)
to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
to hand in one's ration cards / to die
commercial version (of software)
old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
(derog.) Japanese person / Jap
rubbing of inscription
abridged version
reader / an instructional book
historic cost (accounting)
block printed edition
copy
Melbourne, Australia
concise edition / abridged edition
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
type specimen (used to define a species)
screenplay
Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
hard-earned capital
version / edition / release
inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition
revised and enlarged edition
notebook computer (diminutive) / laptop
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
opportunity cost
paperback (book)
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
picture book
to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, license etc)
herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc)
Hepburn (name)
(computing) rich text
Blackburn
diary (book)
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
textbook
normal cost (accountancy)
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
paid-up capital

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