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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。

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

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)

やっと, 漸と

Adverb, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word, Usually in kana

1. at last, finally

2. barely, narrowly, just, by the skin of one's teeth

論争にやっとけりが付いた。