体

Meaning

体 centers on the physical form of something: a living body, a material object, or the tangible reality of a thing. The counter sense extends this to counting physical items like statues or images.

• 体からだ
  N5

  body

• 全体ぜんたい
  N3

  whole; entirety

• 団体だんたい
  N3

  group; party; team

• 自体じたい

  itself

• 体験たいけん
  N2

  (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

• 身体しんたい
  N3

  body; physical system; (the) person

• 一体いったい
  N3

  (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell

• 体制たいせい
  N2

  order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

• 具体ぐたい
  N3

  concreteness; embodiment

• 体重たいじゅう
  N4

  (body) weight

• 本体ほんたい
  N2

  substance; true form; true character

• 大体だいたい
  N5

  generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about

• 体調たいちょう
  N3

  physical condition; state of health; shape

• 正体しょうたい
  N1

  true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin

• 体育たいいく
  N3

  physical education; PE; gym (class)

• 体力たいりょく
  N2

  physical strength; power; stamina; endurance; vigor; resistance to disease

• 体操たいそう
  N3

  gymnastics; physical exercises

• 機体きたい
  N1

  fuselage; airframe

• 自治体じちたい
  N2

  municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body

• 死体したい
  N2

  dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

• 肉体にくたい
  N1

  the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

• 体質たいしつ
  N1

  constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); disposition; tendency

• 解体かいたい
  N1

  demolition; taking down; dismantling; disassembly; taking apart

• 遺体いたい
  N1

  (dead) body; corpse; remains

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