Bookshelf, bookcase in Japanese 🇯🇵

ほんだな info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Break it down into "ほん" (hon, meaning "book") and "だな" (dana, meaning "shelf"). Think of it as "book shelf."
– Associate 'ほん' (hon) with '本' (book) and 'だな' (dana) with an actual shelf to visualize the word.

Explanations:
– 'ほんだな' (hondana) is a compound word formed from 'ほん' (hon – book) and 'だな' (dana – shelf).

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 書棚 (しょだな, shodana): More formal way to say bookshelf or bookcase, combining "書" (sho, meaning "write/book") with "棚" (dana/shelf).

Alternate meanings like slang:
– There are no commonly known slang meanings for ほんだな (hondana).

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 私の本棚にはたくさんの本があります。
(わたしの ほんだな には たくさんの ほんが あります。)
Watashi no hondana ni wa takusan no hon ga arimasu.
There are many books on my bookshelf.

2. 彼女は新しい本棚を買いました。
(かのじょは あたらしい ほんだな を かいました。)
Kanojo wa atarashii hondana o kaimaa.
She bought a new bookshelf.

3. この本棚はとても重いです。
(この ほんだな は とても おもい です。)
Kono hondana wa totemo omoi desu.
This bookshelf is very heavy.

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