本番

ほんばん

Meanings

1. Noun performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take
2. game; match
3. high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal
4. penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
5. production environment See also: 本番環境 (ほんばんかんきょう).

Kanji

• 本 origin. Read as ホン.
• 番 number. Read as バン.

Example sentences

• リハーサルなしでのぶっつけ本番の演奏だったため、あまり上手い出来とは言えなかった。
  Because I did the performance without any preparation whatsoever, I can't say it was good.
• 本番は、緊張して足がガタガタ震えてました。
  During the performance, I was so nervous that my legs were shaking.

Common phrases

• 本番を迎える
• 本番に臨む
• 本番になる
• 本番が始まる
• 本番に挑む
• 本番に入る

Words containing 本番

• 本番環境 (ほんばんかんきょう) production environment
• 本番行為 (ほんばんこうい) sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute)
• ぶっつけ本番 (ぶっつけほんばん) performing without rehearsal

And 3 more.

Word lists

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