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(1) Stem, root of plants: 艸本 grass family;
木本 plants with stiff trunks;
本草綱目 classical Chinese Materia Medica, a treatise on medicinal plants.
(2) Foundation of things: 本末倒置，捨本逐末 attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials;
事有本末 (AC) there is distinction of the basic essentials and the periphery.
(3) Origins: 源源本本 (trace) from the origins;
細說本末 recount the development from the beginning;
see 本源 [ben3yUan2]↓;
忘本 (derog.) forget one's ancestry or ancestral tradition.
(4) Capital (vs. interest), capital investment: 資本 capital in gen.;
本利 capital and interest;
不夠本，虧本，賠本，折本 lose money, cannot cover cost;
小本，無本 small, inadequate capital;
see 本錢 [ben3qian2]↓.
(5) Edition, manuscript copy: 原刻本 original edition;
抄本 manuscript copy;
臨本 copy of calligraphy or painting;
拓本，搨本 rubbings from stone inscriptions;
奏本 memorial to emperor;
see 本兒，本子 [ben3er0], [ben3zi0]↓.
本埠，本市 local (mail), this city;
本國，本省 our country, this or our province;
本鄉 or 本鄉土兒 our (one's) local district;
本校 our school;
本號 our shop;
本人 [ben3ren2]↓;
本土 native (products, etc.).
(2) Original: 本籍 one's ancestral district;
本意 original meaning or intention;
本義 original meaning.
本（來）不如此 originally it was not so;
本屬，本是，本可 originally belong, should be, might;
本可合併討論 (the two problems) could have been discussed together.
2.本錢 [ben3qian2], n., capital investment, layout, sometimes display of a person's stock in trade, as physical charms of an attractive woman.
3.本地 [ben3di4], n., & adj., native place or people, local; 本地人，話 local people, dialect; 本地出產 local product.
4.本分 [ben3fen4], n., duty.
5.本工兒 [ben3gong1er0], n., (coll.) what is one's duty.
6.本行 [ben3hang2], n., (1) one's own profession: 這是我本行 this is my line; (2) our firm.
7.本家 [ben3jia1], n., same clan or family: 本家兒 (a) same clan; (b) the family of bride, groom or deceased, etc. on occasions (wedding, funeral, accident, etc.): 新娘本家 bride's family.
8.本金 [ben3jin1], n., ＝ [ben3qian2]↓.
9.本州 [ben3zhou1], n., (1) Honshu, Japan's largest island; (2) this district.
10.本主兒 [ben3zhu3er0], n., (law) rightful owner; person involved on certain occasions.
11.本質 [ben3zhi2], n., innate character (of metal, children), essential character (of teachings).
12.本旨 [ben3zhi3], n., main purpose, tenet.
13.本兒 [ben3er0], n., (1) capital (money); (2) a copy, volume.
14.本來 [ben3lai2], adv. & adj., originally, as a matter of fact: 本來不該他的事 (this matter) should not concern him; 本來面目 real (unmasked), original appearance or character.
15.本利 [ben3li4], n., capital and interest; 本利和 total of capital and interest.
16.本領 [ben3ling3], n., skill, skillful ability.
17.本論 [ben3lun4], n., main tenet.
18.本命年 [ben3ming4nian2], n., recurrent year in the ewelve-year cycle, of the same animal (rat, cow, etc.) as one's year of birth.
19.本末 [ben3mo4], n., beginning and end, see N. 1↓; 紀 事本末93B.70
20.本能 [ben3neng2], n., instinct, born ability.
21.本票 [ben3piao4], n., promissory note; 銀行本票 cashier's check; 質押本票 collateral note; 動產抵押本票 cognovit note.
22.本人 [ben3ren2], n., the person himself (applicant, plaintiff, etc.); (court.) I, myself＝鄙人 40S.22
23.本色 [ben3se4], n., true color: 英雄本色 true color of a hero; natural color; n., 本色兒 [ben3se4er0], n., unstained, undyed color of article.
24.本身 [ben3shen1], n., self, person himself: 本身品行 person's own conduct (apart from his preachings); itself (民族本身 the nation itself).
25.本生 [ben3sheng1], adj., natural; 本生父母 one's real, natural parents.
26.本性 [ben3xing4], n., man's natural character, what is born in man.
27.本心 [ben3xin1], n., true intention; conscience: 非出於本心 was forced by others, not one's free will.
28.本息 [ben3xi2], n., capital and interest (息＝利息).
29.本師 [ben3shi1], n., one's master (in trade, religion).
30.本事 [ben3shi4], n., (1) [ben3ling3]↑; (2) resume of story in plays, movies.
31.本題 [ben3ti2], n., subject (of discussion).
32.本子 [ben3zi0], n., volume, edition, version, see N.5↑.
33.本字 [ben3zi4], n., the formal or early form of character, as opposed to later forms.
34.本問 [ben3wen4], v.i., (arch.) investigate, question (＝盤問).
35.本位 [ben3wei4], n., basis, basic unit: 金本位，銀本位 gold, ailver standard of currency; 本位主義 working for self as motive; 本位工作 one's proper duty.
36.本務 [ben3wu4], n., proper duty.
37.本業 [ben3ye4], n., one's main profession; original profession.
38.本願 [ben3yUan4], n., true, real desire.
39.本源 [ben3yUan2], n., origins.