本ほん拠きょ地ち

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Meanings

Refers to a main base of operations, especially for military forces, organizations, or sports teams. Often implies a secure or central location.

敵てき軍ぐんの本ほん拠きょ地ちを攻せめる作さく戦せんが立たてられた。
A plan was made to attack the enemy's stronghold.
そのチームの本ほん拠きょ地ちは東とう京きょうドームだ。
The team's home base is the Tokyo Dome.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に本ほん拠きょ地ちを置おくto base one's headquarters 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地ちを置おいている。
The company has its headquarters based in Osaka.
本ほん拠きょ地ちを〈場ば所しょ〉に移うつすto move one's headquarters to a place
チームは本ほん拠きょ地ちを東とう京きょうに移うつした。
The team moved its home base to Tokyo.
〈場ば所しょ〉を本ほん拠きょ地ちとするto make a place one's base
この部ぶ隊たいは北ほっ海かい道どうを本ほん拠きょ地ちとしている。
This unit has Hokkaido as its base of operations.

Kanji

本book, present, main
拠foothold, based on, follow
地ground, earth

Related words· 6

本ほん部ぶN2
本部 is the general term for a headquarters or main office, while 本拠地 emphasizes a strategic or central base of operations, often with military or sports connotations.
拠きょ点てん
拠点 refers to any base or foothold an organization has, not necessarily the primary one, whereas 本拠地 specifically means the main base.
根こん拠きょ地ち
根拠地 is nearly identical to 本拠地 in meaning but sounds slightly more literary or military, while 本拠地 is the more common everyday word.
基き地ちN2
基地 usually refers to a physical military or scientific facility (e.g. a base of operations), while 本拠地 can be used more broadly for any organization's main base, including sports teams.

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ホームグラウンド
本拠地 is a more formal, general term for a base of operations, while ホームグラウンド is specifically sports jargon for a team's home field.
総そう本ほん山ざん
本拠地 is a general term for a base of operations, while 総本山 figuratively casts that base as the revered, central source of authority in a field.

Don't confuse with

本ほん籍せき地ち
本籍地 refers to one's legal registered domicile, while 本拠地 means an organization's main operating base; the two share the 本...地 pattern but differ completely in meaning.

Built from

本ほん拠きょ+地ち

Etymology

Compound of 本 (main) + 拠 (base, foothold) + 地 (place). The kanji 拠 is used in words related to bases or strongholds, such as 拠点 (base) and 根拠 (grounds).