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本能 ほんのう N1

  1. instinct

本能寺の変 ほんのうじのへん

  1. Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

本能的 ほんのうてき

  1. instinctive; instinctual

帰巣本能 きそうほんのう

  1. homing instinct

性本能 せいほんのう

  1. sex instinct

敵は本能寺にあり てきはほんのうじにあり

  1. his true objective lies elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnōji; there are ulterior motives at play

生存本能 せいぞんほんのう

  1. survival instinct

母性本能 ぼせいほんのう

  1. maternal instinct

防衛本能 ぼうえいほんのう

  1. defensive instinct; protective instinct
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