本ほん拠きょ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a main base of operations, whether a physical fortress, a military stronghold, or an organization's headquarters.

敵てき軍ぐんは山やまの本ほん拠きょに立たてこもった。
The enemy forces holed up in their mountain stronghold.
その企き業ぎょうの本ほん拠きょは東とう京きょうにある。
The company's headquarters is in Tokyo.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に本ほん拠きょを置おくto base (an operation/organization) in a place
その会かい社しゃは大おお阪さかに本ほん拠きょを置おいている。
The company is based in Osaka.
本ほん拠きょを移うつすto relocate one's main base
チームは来らい年ねん、東とう京きょうに本ほん拠きょを移うつす予よ定ていだ。
The team plans to move its base to Tokyo next year.
〈組そ織しき〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に本ほん拠きょを構かまえるfor an organization to establish its base in a place
その企き業ぎょうはシリコンバレーに本ほん拠きょを構かまえている。
The company has established its base in Silicon Valley.

Expressions

生せい活かつの本ほん拠きょprimary residence; domicile

Kanji

本book, present, main
拠foothold, based on, follow

Related words

本ほん部ぶN2
本部 is the standard word for an organization's headquarters, while 本拠 stresses the idea of a main stronghold or base of operations, sometimes military in nuance.
拠きょ点てん
拠点 refers broadly to any foothold or operational site (including branch locations), whereas 本拠 specifically denotes the central, main base.
基き地ちN2
基地 typically names a physical, often military or scientific, installation, while 本拠 is broader and can apply to an organization's central base without implying a built facility.

Word family

本ほん拠きょ地ち
stronghold; base; headquarters

Etymology

Compound of 本 (main) and 拠 (base, foothold). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows naturally from the kanji components.