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本, ほん
See ご本・ごほん
1. book, volume, script
Prefix
2. this, present
3. main, head
4. real, regular
Suffix, Counter, sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん
5. counter for long cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
昨日はその本を８０ページまで読んだ。
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元, 本, 素, 基, もと
usu. 元
1. origin, source
esp. 基
2. base, basis, foundation, root
also 因, 原
3. cause
esp. 素
4. ingredient, material
Only 元
5. (somebody's) side, (somebody's) location
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が
Particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
Conjunction
3. but, however, still, and
after the volitional form of a verb
4. regardless of, whether (or not)
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ほしい, 欲しい
See 欲しがる
1. wanted, wished for, in need of, desired
Auxiliary adjective, Usually in kana, after the -te form of a verb
2. I want (you) to
私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。
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糒, 干し飯, 乾し飯, 干飯, 乾飯, ほしい, ほしいい
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)