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jmdict 1611580 Active (id: 2290236)
本当に [ichi1] 本當に [sK]
ほんとうに [ichi1] ほんとに [ik] ホントに (nokanji) [sk] ホントーに [sk] ホントウに [sk]
1. [adv]
▶ really
▶ truly
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1363540 真逆【まさか】 4. indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly



History:
4. A 2024-01-27 10:50:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Reverting.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,9 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ほんとに</reb>
+<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホントに</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
3. A* 2024-01-23 23:53:21  penname01
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 本當に │ 5,073 │100.0% │
╰─ーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
see comments in the 1523060 entry
made ホントーに/ホントウに search-only
added 本當に
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +8,4 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>本當に</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
@@ -13,8 +16,0 @@
-<reb>ほんとに</reb>
-<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ホントに</reb>
-<re_nokanji/>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -22 +18 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -26 +22 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
2. A 2013-08-30 00:00:53  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
getting kinda ugly...
1. A* 2013-08-27 05:21:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ngrams
  Comments:
I noticed a NJS translator using "ホントに" in a post, so I checked the ngrams counts:
本当に	54156119
ほんとうに	1819224
ほんとに	6910762
ホントに	6252892
ホントーに	31974
ホントウに	19639

本とに gets 22k too, but I feel it's a step too far, unless we split off a "misspelling" version of the entry.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,12 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホントに</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホントーに</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホントウに</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>

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