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ホンショウ
Meanings
Noun
1. ministry proper; home office; head office
2. this ministry; this department
Alt. forms
本
ほん
省
しょう
ほんしょう
ホンショウ
Pitch accent
ホ
ンショウ
ホ
ンショウ
Composed of
ホン
book; volume; this; present; main; head
ショウ
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
ホンショウ
ジン
person from one's own province (China); person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave
ホンショウ
ヅメ
service at the head office; work at the home office