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本来ほんらい

honrai

essentially, naturally, by nature

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Example sentence

彼は本来はいい男だ。

He is basically a nice man.

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Kanji in 本来

book, present, main, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

come, due, next, cause, become

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
本	N5	ほん	ほんbook
来る	N5	くる	くるto come
本棚	N5	ほんだな	ほんだなbookshelf
来年	N5	らいねん	らいねんnext year
さ来年	N5	さらいねん	さらいねんyear after next
来週	N5	らいしゅう	らいしゅうnext week
来月	N5	らいげつ	らいげつnext month
来	N5	らい～	らい～next ~

More Adverbs & Degree Words words

Word	Reading	Meaning
一通り	ひととおり	ひととおりgeneral, briefly
割と	わりと	わりとrelatively, comparatively
勝手に	かってに	かってにarbitrarily, without permission
別々	べつべつ	べつべつseparately, individually
大分	だいぶん	だいぶんa lot / considerably (older or more formal/less common in modern speech)
さっさと	さっさと	さっさとquickly
比較的	ひかくてき	ひかくてきcomparatively; relatively
めちゃくちゃ	めちゃくちゃ	めちゃくちゃabsurd, messed up, wrecked

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