本ほん紙し

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

main section (of a newspaper); central column

Refers to the primary news section of a newspaper, as opposed to supplements or regional pages.

本ほん紙しの一いち面めんには大おおきな見み出だしが載のっていた。
The front page of the main section carried a big headline.

noun

this newspaper; our paper

formal or literary

Formal or literary self-reference used by a newspaper to refer to itself, similar to 'this newspaper' or 'our publication'.

本ほん紙しはこの問もん題だいについて引ひき続つづき調ちょう査さを続つづける。
This newspaper will continue to investigate this issue.

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Usage patterns

本ほん紙しによるとaccording to this newspaper
本ほん紙しによると、事じ故こは昨さく夜や起おきたという。
According to this newspaper, the accident occurred last night.
本ほん紙しが報ほうじるfor this newspaper to report (something)
その事じ件けんは本ほん紙しが独どく自じに報ほうじた。
This newspaper independently reported on the incident.
本ほん紙しに掲けい載さいされるto be published in the main section (of a newspaper)
その広こう告こくは本ほん紙しに掲けい載さいされた。
The advertisement was published in the main section of the paper.

Kanji

本book, present, main
紙paper

Related words

紙し面めんN1sense 1
本紙 names the main section of a newspaper as a whole, while 紙面 refers more generally to the printed space or pages themselves.

Opposites

別べっ紙し sense 1
本紙 is the main section of a newspaper, whereas 別紙 refers to an attached or separate sheet outside that main section.

Politeness

弊へい紙しhumble 謙譲語sense 2
本紙 is the neutral way a newspaper refers to itself, while 弊紙 is the humble form used in formal writing to lower the paper's own standing.

Don't confuse with

本ほん誌し sense 2
本紙 refers to a newspaper's main section or the newspaper itself, while 本誌 is the identical-sounding word used for a magazine referring to itself.

Word family

印いん刷さつ本ほん紙し
actual printing stock; paper for final print run

Etymology

Compound of 本 (hon, 'main' or 'this') and 紙 (shi, 'paper'). The derivation is straightforward; the two senses arise from the dual meaning of 本 as 'main' and 'this'.