Definition of 本音 (ほんね)

ほんね

本音

ほんね

honne

JLPT N1

Common word

noun

•

real intention, motive, true opinion, what one really thinks

Related Kanji

本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
音	sound, noise

Example sentences(showing 4 results)

しゃちょう

い

ほんね

ちが

My boss says one thing and means another

かれ

ほんね

だ

He showed what he meant

かのじょ

のぞ

、

は

きぬ

き

ほんね

い

ほ

I wish she wouldn't pussyfoot about it and just say what she means

せかい

【

ゆしゅつこく

】

いやみ

ほんね

しまつ

Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth