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本当に

ほんとうに

really, truly

Mnemonic

He gets down to the root of it and lands square on the word, out loud, with the lights on. Hone ほん, and the same 当 that hits in 当たる. Not a nice thing to say, a true one: ほんとうに.

Built from

origin, book
木 tree + 一 one line, at the root
hit the mark, this
A simplified form, landing squarely on the right spot.

Words sharing these kanji

Japanese language book Japan truth, reality seriousness the person in question real thing, genuine article originally, essentially today natural, as a matter of course of course, obvious to hit, to strike

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