What does 本質 mean?
本質 is a Japanese noun meaning “essence, true nature, reality” in English. It is written as 本質 in kanji, ほんしつ in hiragana, and honshitsu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
それから、彼は、ケンブリッジで研究を始め、宇宙の本質について前よりいっそう多くの考えを発展させ始めた。
Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe.