本当
Kana: ほんとう
real; genuine
Example sentence
彼は私の本当の友達です。
かれはわたしのほんとうのともだちです。
He is my true friend.
What 本当 means
本当 (ほんとう) is a Japanese word meaning “real; genuine”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.