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原本 (げんぽん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The original contract is kept in the safe.
Please present the original certificate when completing the procedure.
If there is a question about the translation, check it against the original source.
Usage patterns 〈 物も 〉 の 原本〉のげんぽん を 提出ていしゅつ する to submit the original (document)
Please submit the original copy of the contract.
原本げんぽん と 照合しょうごう する to check/verify (a copy) against the original
I checked the copy against the original to confirm it.
原本げんぽん を 保管ほかん する to keep/store the original (document)
The original of the important document is kept in the safe.
Kanji 原 meadow, original, primitive Related words 原典 refers to the authoritative source text used for quotation or scholarship, while 原本 emphasizes the actual physical original document or copy.
原文 refers to the original wording of a text as opposed to a translation, while 原本 refers to the whole original document or book itself.
原作 is the original work a film, drama, or manga is adapted from, while 原本 is more focused on an original physical document or manuscript.
原書 refers to a book in its original (often foreign) language, while 原本 refers to the original physical copy or manuscript, especially in legal or archival contexts.
本書 can rarely mean "the original text," but 原本 is the clear, standard modern word for an original document as opposed to a copy.
Opposites 写し is a copy or transcript, directly contrasting with 原本, the original document itself.
原本 is the original document, the opposite of a 複写 (copy) made from it.
謄本 is a certified copy made from a document, whereas 原本 refers to the original document itself.
Don't confuse with 原本 is the original, official copy of a document used for reference or legal purposes, while 原稿 is a draft written for publication or printing.
原本 (げんぽん) means the original copy of a document and is easily confused with 元本 (also read げんぽん) which means financial principal.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 原, associated with 'original/source,' and 本, associated with 'book/base/origin.' The spelling transparently matches the modern meaning of an original or source text/document.
