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重体 (じゅうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

重じゅう体たい

じゅ

う

た

い

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

serious condition; critical condition

Used especially in medical or accident contexts to describe a life-threatening state. Often appears in news reports with verbs like なる or だ.

事じ故こで重じゅう体たいとなった男だん性せいが病びょう院いんに運はこばれた。
A man who was in critical condition after the accident was taken to the hospital.
彼かれは

まだ

重じゅう

体たい

だ

そう

だ

。

I heard he is still in serious condition.

Written forms

重じゅう体たいUsage53%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and common usage.
重じゅう態たいUsage47%
Alternate kanji form; also common but slightly less frequent than 重体.

Kanji

重heavy, important, esteem
体body, substance, object
態attitude, condition, figure

Similar words

重じゅう症しょう
重症 refers to a serious injury or illness itself, while 重体 describes the overall critical condition of a person.
軽けい傷しょう
軽傷 means minor injury, the opposite of 重体 in terms of severity.

Etymology

Compound of 重 (heavy, serious) and 体 (body, condition). The form 重態 uses 態 (state, condition) with a similar meaning.