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本来

JLPT N2

originally, primarily

Details

Part of speech
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb
Romaji
honrai

Example sentences

honrai nara kyou wa shucchou no yotei datta ga, kyuuyou de kyanseru ni natta.

Originally, I was supposed to be on a business trip today, but it was canceled due to an urgent matter.

Honrai, washoku wa hashi de taberu mono desu ga, fōku o tsukau hito mo imasu.

Japanese food is originally meant to be eaten with chopsticks, but some people use forks.