写本|しゃほんshahon[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmanuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
   コズビの議論ぎろんはヘッテ写本しゃほんの信頼性しんらいせいに関かんするものである。↗

   Cosby's argument concerns the reliability of the Hette Manuscript.

• Synonym写しうつしNeutralA copy or duplicate of a document, as in 「契約書の写し」; 「写本」 is specifically a book copied out by hand.
• Related謄本とうほんFormalA transcript of an original document, typically one officially certified to match it, as in 「戸籍謄本」; nothing to do with books.
• RelatedコピーNeutralLoanword for a photocopy or a copy of anything, and the everyday default; 「写本」 is a book copied out by hand.
• Related複製ふくせいWrittenReproduction in general, as in 「無断複製禁止」 (no unauthorized reproduction); 「写本」 is limited to hand copying.
• Related模写もしゃWrittenCopying a painting or calligraphy, as in 「名画の模写」; what a 「写本」 copies is the text of a book.
• Related複写ふくしゃNeutralPhotocopying or carbon copying, as in 「複写機」 (copier); leans toward office vocabulary.
• Related副本ふくほんWrittenA duplicate kept besides the original, such as a library's spare copy; not limited to hand-copied books.
• Related複製品ふくせいひんNeutralA physical reproduction, such as a replica of a famous painting; not limited to books.
• Antonym原稿げんこうNeutralAntonym: the original manuscript, as opposed to a copied-out 「写本」.
• Antonym原本げんぽんNeutralAntonym: the original book or document, the counterpart of a 「写本」.

For a photocopy say 「コピー」; for a copy of a document say 「写し」. 「写本」 is a book copied out by hand, usually an old one, as in 「平安時代の写本」. The original it was copied from is the 「原本」.

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1. 本ほんを書き写かきうつすこと。また、書き写かきうつされた本ほん。