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本来ほんらい

ほんらい honrai Play N2 Adverb Noun

本来如此;事物原本具有的性质或状态 essentially; naturally; by nature

Example 1

この詩しは本来ほんらいフランス語ごで書かかれていた。

This poem was originally written in French.

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Example 2

競争きょうそうは本来ほんらい悪わるいものではない。

Competition is not by nature evil.

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Kanji breakdown

本

N5

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

On reading
ホン
Kun reading
もと
Radical
木

来

N5

come; due; next; cause; become

On reading
ライ、タイ
Kun reading
く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ
Radical
木
Illustration of 出来上がり
N2

できあがり

be finished; ready; made for; cut out

Illustration of 出来上がる
N2

できあがる

to be finished; to be ready; by definition; to be very drunk

Illustration of 本部
N2

ほんぶ

headquarters

Illustration of 来日
N2

らいにち

arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

Illustration of 標本
N2

ひょうほん

example; specimen