Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “本能”

本能

ほんのう

instinct

Example sentence

Animals act on instinct.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

本
On
ほん
Kun
もと
Stroke count
5

・book

・present

・main

・origin

・true

・real

・counter for long cylindrical things

1 2 3 4 5
能
On
のう
Kun
よ.く
Stroke count
10

・ability

・talent

・skill

・capacity

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本能寺の変

ほんのうじのへん

→

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

本能的

ほんのうてき

→

instinctive;instinctual