noun

  1. performance (as opposed to practice), going before an audience or on-air, take.
  2. game, match.
  3. high of the season, height (of summer, etc.), actual event (or celebration, etc.), real deal.
  4. penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute), unsimulated sex (in an adult movie). Vulgar expression or word.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
本番 ほんばん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

book, present, main
ホン もと まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
turn, number in a series
バン つが.い は (2nd, N3)
separate, divide, topped rice radical (no. 165)
ハン ベン サイ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)