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Learn Hardcore Japanese: honki - serious

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 50
/honki

honki

Word

本気ほんきhonki

Meaning

serious

Part of speech

na-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of honki

でも、　その　話はなし　は　冗談じょうだん　で　は　なく、　本気ほんき　だった　そう　です。demo, sono hanashi wa joudan de wa naku, honki datta sou desu.

But I heard that story was not a joke; she was serious.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

本気ほんき　なら、　毎日まいにち　日本語にほんご　を　勉強べんきょうした　ほう　が　いい　です。honki nara, mainichi nihongo o benkyoushita hou ga ii desu.

If you're serious, you should study Japanese every day.

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