ホンノウ – Vocabulary details

ホンノウ

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. instinct

Alt. forms

本ほん能のう

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ホンノウ

Pitch accent

ホ

ンノウ

ホ

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ホ

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ウ

Used in: 2

Composed of

ホン

book; volume; this; present; main; head

ノウ

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

ホンノウテキ

instinctive; instinctual

セイゾンホンノウ

survival instinct

ボセイホンノウ

maternal instinct

ボウエイホンノウ

protective instinct; defensive instinct

ホンノウジノヘン

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

キソウホンノウ

homing instinct

テキハホンノウジニアリ

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

セイホンノウ

sex instinct

Examples (5 in total)

基き本ほん的てきなほんのうホンノウ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ホンノウ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ホンノウのままに振ふる舞まっているんですよ。

She's acting on instinct.