本部

Reading

Kana: ほんぶ
Romaji: honbu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

headquarters; head office; main office

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

Example Sentences

大学(だいがく)本部(ほんぶ)はニューヨークに分校(ぶんこう)設立(せつりつ)することを決定(けってい)した。
➥The University Administration decided to set up a branch campus in New York.
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割当(わりあ)(きん)(わず)かなものだ。体育館(たいいくかん)()てるにも()らないだろう。ましてや、本部(ほんぶ)()てるのに、()りるわけがない。
➥The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.
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