essence, true nature

Kanji in this word

• 本 book, origin
• 質 quality, hostage

Example sentences

• 問題もんだいは、その本質ほんしつよりもむしろ外観がいかんである。

  Mondai wa, sono honshitsu yori mo mushiro gaikan de aru.

  The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.

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
• 本 book
• 本棚 bookshelf
• 本当に really