きほん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
Pitch accent
ほん
Composed of
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
fundamental; basic
(most) basic of basics
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
Examples (7 in total)
Start from the basics.
This is basic.
Fundamentals are important.
Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.
Respect for law is fundamental to our society.
Knowledge of computers is basic to all sciences.
It covers everything from the fundamentals of microbiology to the latest news.