ほんのう – Vocabulary details

ほんのう

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. instinct

Alt. forms

本ほん能のう

99%

ほんのう

Pitch accent

ほ

んのう

ほ

んのう

ほ

んの

う

Used in: 6

Composed of

ほん

book; volume; this; present; main; head

のう

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

ほんのうてき

instinctive; instinctual

ほんのうじのへん

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

せいぞんほんのう

survival instinct

ぼせいほんのう

maternal instinct

ぼうえいほんのう

protective instinct; defensive instinct

きそうほんのう

homing instinct

てきはほんのうじにあり

his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji

せいほんのう

sex instinct

Examples (5 in total)

基き本ほん的てきなほんのうは消きえることはない。

Fundamental instincts will not go away.

動どう物ぶつはほんのうに従したがって行こう動どうする。

Animals act according to their instincts.

彼かの女じょはほんのうのままに振ふる舞まっているんですよ。

She's acting on instinct.