本命 – Vocabulary details

本ほん命めい

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner

今こん回かいのレースの本ほん命めいはあの馬うまだ。The favorite in this race is that horse.

2. one's heart's desire; first choice

いざ本ほん命めいが出で来きた時とき、振ふり向むいてもらえないよ？When you finally find the one you really love, they won't give you a second look, you know?

Noun

Abbreviation

3. chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

これは義ぎ理りじゃなくて本ほん命めいだよ。This isn't obligation chocolate; it's true-love chocolate.

Kanji used

本

book

命

continued existence

Pitch accent

ほ

んめい

Used in: 1737

Composed of

本ほん

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

命めい

order; command; life; destiny; fate

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

本ほん命めいチョコ

chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

Examples (7 in total)

本ほん命めいの大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。

I got into my first-choice university.

これは義ぎ理りじゃなくて本ほん命めいだよ。

This isn't obligation chocolate; it's true-love chocolate.

本ほん命めいの馬うまが一いっ着ちゃくでゴールした。

The favorite crossed the finish line first.

でも、彼かれの本ほん命めいは別べつの娘こなんだよね。

But the one he really likes is a different girl.

今こん回かいのレースの本ほん命めいはあの馬うまだ。

The favorite in this race is that horse.

優ゆう勝しょうの本ほん命めいと言いわれていたチームが負まけた。

The team that was said to be the favorite to win lost.

いざ本ほん命めいが出で来きた時とき、振ふり向むいてもらえないよ？