本当

Meanings

1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
2. proper; right; correct; official
3. genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable

Part of speech: noun, no-adjective, na-adjective

Kanji

• 本

  Meanings

  book, present, main, origin

  On reading

  ホン

  Kun reading

  もと

  Strokes

  5

• 当

  Meanings

  hit, right, appropriate, himself

  On reading

  トウ

  Kun reading

  あ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• その悪い知らせは残念ながら本当だ。

  The bad news is unfortunately true.

  Tatoeba #212401 · CC BY 2.0 FR