Word details

本島人

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 本島人.

Dictionary

Entry

本島人ほんとうじんNoun
1

inhabitants of the main island

2

Historical term

native inhabitants of Taiwan (in contrast to Japanese colonists)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

5 strokesFrequency 10JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ホン

Kun

もと

Nanori

まとごう

island

10 strokesFrequency 245JLPT N2Grade 3

On

トウ

Kun

しま

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

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