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本場: home (of something), place famous for its ..., center (e.g. of manufacture), best place (for) | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

本場(ほんば)

ほんば

home (of something), place famous for its ..., center (e.g. of manufacture), best place (for)

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Reading and meaning

Reading: ほんば
Romaji: honba
Meaning: home (of something), place famous for its ..., center (e.g. of manufacture), best place (for)
Word type: noun

FuriganaEnglish

本場(ほんば)の味(あじ)を求(もと)めて、毎年多(まいとしおお)くの観光客(かんこうきゃく)がこの町(まち)を訪(おとず)れる。
Every year, many tourists visit this town in search of authentic local flavors.
彼(かれ)は本場仕込(ほんばじこ)みの技術(ぎじゅつ)を日本(にほん)の工房(こうぼう

)

で

生(い)

かしている。

He applies the skills he learned in the home of the craft at a workshop in Japan.

本場(ほんば)ロンドンで演劇(えんげき)を学(まな)んだ彼女(かのじょ)は、帰国後(きこくご)に劇団(げきだん)を設立(せつりつ)した。

After studying theater in its home of London, she founded a theater company upon returning home.

本場(ほんば)の職人(しょくにん)でさえ、その斬新(ざんしん)な発想(はっそう)に舌(した)を巻(ま)いた。

Even experts from the home of the craft were impressed by the originality of the idea.