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ホンネ
Meanings
Noun
1. real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
あの
子
こ
に
見
み
られていては
本
ほん
音
ね
も
口
くち
にしづらいだろう。
It would be hard to speak one's true feelings if that child were watching.
Alt. forms
本
ほん
音
ね
99%
ホンネ
Pitch accent
ホ
ンネ
Used in: 25
Composed of
ホン
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
ネ
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
ホンネ
とタテマエ
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
ホンネ
トタテマエ
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
Examples (11 in total)
ついつい
ほんね
ホンネ
で
言
い
い
返
かえ
していた。
I couldn't help but talk back with my true feelings.
謙
けん
遜
そん
ではなく
ほんね
ホンネ
だ。
This is not modesty, but my true feelings.
人
ひと
は
ほんね
ホンネ
を
隠
かく
すものだ。
People hide their true feelings.
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