originally, essentially

Kanji in this word

• 本 book, origin
• 来 come

Example sentences

• この詩しは本来ほんらいフランス語ごで書か[かか]れていた。

  Kono shi wa honrai furansugo de kakarete ita.

  This poem was originally written in French.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 〜本 counter for long objects
• 本屋 bookstore
• 日本語 Japanese language
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• 本当に really