A model or good example; an exemplar used as a pattern to follow.
先生は生徒の手本になるように行動するべきだ。
Teachers should act as a model for their students.
先輩の丁寧な仕事ぶりが手本になった。
The senior's careful way of working became a model to follow.
社会の手本となる行動が求められている。
Behavior that serves as a model for society is demanded.
A model handwriting or drawing; a copybook or pattern used as a guide (e.g., in calligraphy).
習字の時間に先生の手本を見ながら書いた。
During calligraphy class I wrote while looking at the teacher's model.
絵の手本を見て同じ構図で描いてみた。
I looked at a model drawing and tried to draw the same composition.