real performance; actual event; going live
Contrasts with rehearsal, practice, or preparation. Used for stage, broadcast, recording, and similar situations where there is a clear distinction between practice and the real thing.
The rehearsal went well, but I messed up during the actual performance.
本番前に、もう一度台本を確認しよう。
Let's check the script one more time before we go live.
Used for sports and competitive events, emphasizing the real match as opposed to practice or exhibition.
明日の本番に備えて、今日は軽く練習するだけだ。
I'm just going to practice lightly today to prepare for tomorrow's game.
height of the season; peak; real deal
Refers to the busiest or most intense period of a season, event, or celebration. Also used more broadly for something that is the genuine article or the main event.
夏の本番はこれからだ。
The real heat of summer is still to come.
祭りの本番は明日の夜だ。
The main event of the festival is tomorrow night.
real sex act; unsimulated sex
Vulgar; used in contexts of prostitution or adult films to distinguish actual intercourse from simulated or non-penetrative acts.
このアダルトビデオは本番ありの作品だ。
This adult video is a production that includes unsimulated sex.
production environment
Computing abbreviation; short for 本番環境, referring to the live system as opposed to development or staging.
See also: 本番環境
本番にデプロイする前に、ステージング環境でテストしてください。
Please test in the staging environment before deploying to production.
She's an athlete who performs better in the real match than in practice.
As August arrived, summer reached its peak.
I got so nervous before the actual performance that I couldn't sleep well.
After a long period of preparation, the real event finally arrived.
I made a mistake during the real performance and it was frustrating.
練習 is general training or practice, whereas 本番 is the actual event the practice is preparing for.
本番 refers to the real, actual event, in contrast to 模擬, which refers to a practice or simulated version of it.
本番 means the real, actual performance or event, in contrast to トライアル which is only a trial or practice run beforehand.
試運転 is the preliminary trial run done to check performance, while 本番 is the real, actual operation or performance that follows it.
production run; live operation
performing without rehearsal; doing impromptu