きほん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
Colloquialism
2. basically; fundamentally
Pitch accent
き
ほん
Composed of
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
Used in vocabulary (74 in total)
fundamental; basic
the absolute basics (esp. in educational contexts); most basic of basics; most fundamental thing
(most) basic of basics
Examples (7 in total)
Start from the basics.
This is basic.
Fundamentals are important.
Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.
Respect for law is fundamental to our society.
Knowledge of computers is basic to all sciences.
It covers everything from the fundamentals of microbiology to the latest news.