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Learn Japanese: hontou ni - really, truly

Japanese
/Apologizing with ごめん　なさい
/hontou ni

hontou ni

Word

本ほん当とう　にhontou ni

Meaning

really, truly

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Apologizing with ごめん　なさい

Breakdown of hontou ni

at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]

本ほん当とうhontou

Usages of hontou ni

あのう、　これ　は　本ほん当とう　に　大だい丈じょう夫ぶ　です　か。anou, kore ha hontou ni daizyoubu desu ka.

Uh, is this really okay?

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

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