本名 (ほんみょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora作家は本名ではなくペンネームで活動している。
The writer works under a pen name, not his real name.
Usage patterns
本名を明かすto reveal one's real name
The YouTuber finally revealed his real name.
本名を隠すto hide one's real name
He hides his real name online.
本名で〈動詞〉to do something under one's real name
She publishes novels under her real name.
本名がバレるfor one's real name to get found out
His real name got exposed during the live stream.
本名 is a person's real, legal name, the opposite of a ペンネーム which is an assumed writing name.
