ほんだて – Vocabulary details

ほんだて

Meanings

Noun

1. (a pair of) bookends

Alt. forms

本ほん立たて

ほんだて

Pitch accent
⚠

ほ

んだて

Composed of

ほん

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

だて

particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

にほんだて

double feature (movie)

Examples (1 in total)

母ははは私わたしの誕たん生じょう日びのケーキにろうそくを１３ほんだてた。

My mother put thirteen candles on my birthday cake.