本番

Reading

Kana: ほんばん

Romaji: honban

Definitions

noun

1

performance; take; going before an audience or on-air

2

game; season; crucial moment

3

actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated)

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

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

番

Readings: バン、 つが.い

Meanings: turn, number in a series

Example Sentence

咳(せき)止(と)めシロップ。本番(ほんばん)前(まえ)に一(いち)口(くち)飲(の)まないと落(お)ち着(つ)かない！

➥Cough syrup. If I don't drink a mouthful before going on stage I can't settle down!