本試験(ほんしけん)

ほんしけん
noun
the actual exam; the main examination
academiceducation
1. the actual exam; the main examination; the real test
The official examination itself, as opposed to a practice test, a mock exam, or a makeup sitting. The 本(ほん) marks it as the genuine occasion on which the result counts.
本試験(ほんしけん)は来月(らいげつ)だ。
The actual exam is next month.
模擬(もぎ)試験(しけん)より本試験(ほんしけん)のほうが難(むずか)しかった。
The actual exam was harder than the mock exam.
本試験(ほんしけん)を受(う)けられなかった学生(がくせい)は、追試(ついし)を受(う)けることになっている。
Students who could not sit the actual exam are to take a makeup test.

本(ほん) (main, actual, this very) + 試験(しけん) (examination). The same 本(ほん) appears in 本番(ほんばん) (the real performance) and 本大会(ほんたいかい) (the main tournament).

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Compare: 追試(ついし) (makeup exam)
Compare: 模擬試験(もぎしけん) (mock exam)
Compare: 本番(ほんばん) (the real thing)
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