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本来

ほんらい

originally, essentially

Mnemonic

What came out of the root of the thing before anything got piled on top of it. Hone ほん, and the same らい as 以来 counting forward. The pressure lifted and there she was again: ほんらい.

Built from

origin, book
木 tree + 一 one line, at the root
come
Originally a wheat plant. The crop that comes to you at harvest.

Words sharing these kanji

Japanese language book Japan truth, reality seriousness the person in question really, truly real thing, genuine article today to come to be able to do, to be good at next year

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