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具体 (ぐたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Meanings 1
noun
concreteness ; concrete form ; embodiment
A noun for a concrete, specific form or realization, especially as opposed to 抽象. In everyday learner usage, 具体的 and 具体例 are more frequent, while 具体 itself often appears in fixed phrases like 具体を欠く and 具体を帯びる.
Antonyms: 抽象
議ぎ 論ろん が 進すす む に つれ て 、 計けい 画かく が 具ぐ 体たい を 帯お び て き た 。
As the discussion progressed, the plan began to take concrete shape.
Similar words 抽ちゅう 象しょう The antonym: 抽象 refers to abstraction or the abstract, while 具体 refers to concreteness or concrete form.
具ぐ 体たい 的てき The common adjectival form meaning 'concrete' or 'specific,' as in 具体的な例.
具ぐ 体たい 化か Means 'making concrete' or 'putting into concrete form'; it describes the process of turning an idea or plan into something specific.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 具, associated with being furnished or possessing something, and 体, associated with body or form. The spelling fits the meaning of something having concrete form; it is commonly contrasted with 抽象.
