also: ボディ · ボデー · バディー · バディ
General term for a physical body, often used in contexts like car bodies, camera bodies, or the human body in a stylistic sense.
I bought only the body of the new camera.
This car has a large body.
He works out at the gym to build up his body.
The boxer hit his opponent's body.
車体 is the formal, technical term for a vehicle's body/chassis, whereas ボディー is a more casual loanword used for the same part.
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'body'.
Common variant without the long vowel mark.
Irregular kana usage; may be encountered but is not standard.
Less common variant spelling.
Irregular kana usage; may be encountered but is not standard.
Loanword from English 'body'.
strip-search; security pat-down
microbody
body-conscious; form-fitting; tight-fitting