本拠|ほんきょhonkyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounstronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
   コールセルフライはパリに本拠ほんきょを置おく航空会社こうくうがいしゃです。↗

   Corsairfly is an airline based in Paris.

• Synonym本部ほんぶNeutralAn organization's headquarters, as in 「対策本部」; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of its activities.
• Synonym拠点きょてんNeutralA base or center of activity, as in 「海外拠点」; 「本拠」 stresses the most central home base.
• Synonym根城ねじろNeutralA lair or stronghold, often with a negative nuance, as in 「盗賊の根城」; 「本拠」 is more neutral.
• Synonym根拠地こんきょちWrittenWritten/formal prose. The main base where an army or organization operates; close to 「本拠」 but with more emphasis on the base itself.
• Synonym本拠地ほんきょちNeutralSame meaning; 「本拠地」 is the usual term for a sports team's home ground, while 「本拠」 is the shorter form.
• RelatedベースNeutralA loanword for a base or foundation, also a baseball base; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of an activity.
• Related基地きちNeutralA military base or stronghold, as in 「米軍基地」; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of an activity.
• Related本店ほんてんNeutralThe head store or main office of a business, as in 「本店限定」; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of an activity.
• Related地盤じばんNeutralGround or foundation, and by extension an electoral power base, as in 「地盤を固める」; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of activity.
• Related本局ほんきょくNeutralThe main office of a postal or telephone service; 「本拠」 focuses on an organization's home base of activity.
• Related本社ほんしゃNeutralA company's head office, as in 「本社ビル」; 「本拠」 focuses on the home base of an organization's activities.
• RelatedヘッドクォーターNeutralA rare loanword for headquarters or a command post; everyday speech prefers 「本部」. 「本拠」 stresses the main base of operations.
• Related本署ほんしょNeutralThe main police or fire station, as opposed to local branches; 「本拠」 focuses on an organization's home base of activity.
• Antonym支店してんNeutralA branch store or office, the direct opposite of 「本店」; it contrasts with 「本拠」 only in the center-versus-branch relationship.
• Antonym出先でさきNeutralWhere one has gone on an outing or business trip, also a branch office; it contrasts with 「本拠」 only as a place away from one's base.

Use 「本拠」 for the fundamental base of an organization's activities, as in 「本拠を置く」. For a team's home ground say 「本拠地」; for a company's head office, 「本社」; for an organization's headquarters, 「本部」; for a general base of activity, 「拠点」; for a lair with a negative shade, 「根城」. 「基地」 covers military bases and 「本店」 head stores.

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1. 物事ものごとのもととなる拠り所よりどころ。根拠こんきょ。