一いっ体たい

noun

one whole; single unit or group; single form or style

Noun use for things functioning as one body, unit, group, mass, form, style, or format. Common in patterns such as 一体となる, 一体にする, and 一体のデザイン.

• チームが一いっ体たいとなって最さい後ごまで戦たたかった。

  The team fought as one until the end.

• 全ぜん体たいを一いっ体たいのデザインにまとめた。

  We brought the whole thing together in a unified design.

noun

one statue or sculpture; one corpse; one remains sample

Only when written 一体 / １体

Numeral-counter use with 体, especially for Buddhist images, statues, figures, corpses, and samples of bones or remains. The Arabic-numeral spelling １体 is mainly useful in such counting contexts.

• 本ほん堂どうには仏ぶつ像ぞうが一いっ体たい安あん置ちされている。

  One Buddhist statue is enshrined in the main hall.

• 現げん場ばから遺い体たいが一いっ体たい見みつかった。

  One body was found at the scene.

adverb

generally; on the whole; for the most part

Adverbial use, often as 一体に. It is somewhat written or formal compared with more everyday expressions such as 一般に or だいたい.

See also: 一体に

• この地ち方ほうの冬ふゆは一いっ体たいに雨あめが多おおい。

  In general, winters in this region have a lot of rain.

adverb

strictly speaking; in the first place; originally

Dated adverbial use. In modern Japanese, そもそも, 本来, or 厳密に言えば is usually used instead, so this sense is most likely to appear in older or explanatory contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、一いっ体たいを「そもそも」「本ほん来らい」という意い味みで読よむことがある。

  In old writing, 一体 may be read with the meaning 'to begin with' or 'originally.'