Results, 本末 #n

本末【ほんまつhonmatsu】

noun:

  • essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end

本末honmatsuをwo転倒tentouするsuruなna。 Don't put the cart before the horse.

Kanji definition:

本
常用１年JLPTN5

ホンHON・もとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

➜
夲
Strokes:
5
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
4-5-3
UTF:
672c
JIS208:
43-60
Nanori:
まとmato・ごうgou
Hangul:
본 [bon]
Pinyin:
běn
Stroke order:
Example words:
基本【きほんkihon】
foundation; basis; standard
本社【ほんしゃhonsha】
head office; main office; headquarters; parent company; / main shrine; / this company; this shrine
本部【ほんぶhonbu】
headquarters; head office; main office
本当【ほんとうhontou】
truth; reality; actuality; fact; / proper; right; correct; official; / genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
本人【ほんにんhonnin】
the person himself
末
常用４年JLPTN3

マツMATSU・バツBATSU・すえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity

Strokes:
5
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
4-5-3
UTF:
672b
JIS208:
43-86
Hangul:
말 [mal]
Pinyin:
mò
Stroke order:
Example words:
年末【ねんまつnenmatsu】
end-of-year
末【すえsue】
tip; top; / end; close (e.g. close of the month); / youngest child; / descendants; offspring; posterity; / future; / finally; / trivialities
末期【まっきmakki】
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.); / terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
週末【しゅうまつshuumatsu】
weekend
末端【まったんmattan】
end; tip; extremities; terminal

Partial results:

本末転倒☆【ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou】本末顛倒 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom

あなたanataのno言っているitteiruことkotoはha本末転倒honmatsutentouだdaとto思わないomowanaiかいkai？ Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

Kanji

本

ホンHON・もとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

末

マツMATSU・バツBATSU・すえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity


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