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Meanings

The physical body of a person or animal. The most common meaning.

体からだを洗あらうto wash one's body
お風ふ呂ろで体からだをよく洗あらった。
I washed my body well in the bath.
体からだを壊こわすto ruin one's health
無む理りをして体からだを壊こわしてしまった。
I overworked myself and ruined my health.
〈形けい容よう詞し〉体からだをしているto have a (certain kind of) build
彼かれは大おおきい体からだをしている。
He has a big build.
体からだを動うごかすto move one's body; to get exercise
毎まい日にち少すこしでも体からだを動うごかすようにしている。
I try to move my body a little every day.
体からだに気きをつけるto take care of one's health
寒さむくなってきたので体からだに気きをつけてください。
It's getting cold, so please take care of your health.
体からだを鍛きたえるto train or build up one's body
彼かれはジムで体からだを鍛きたえている。
He trains his body at the gym.

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身しん体たいN3sense 1
身体 is a formal or technical word for the body used in medical, legal, or written contexts, while 体 is the everyday, spoken word.
肉にく体たいN1sense 1
肉体 stresses the fleshly, physical body as opposed to the mind or spirit, whereas 体 is the neutral, general term.
身みN3sense 1
身 is a more literary or idiomatic word for one's person or body, often used in set phrases, while 体 is the plain everyday word.
ボディー
体 is the everyday Japanese word for the human body, while ボディー is often used for car bodies, camera bodies, or as a stylish loanword for physique.

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胴どうN1
体 refers to the whole body, whereas 胴 specifically means just the trunk, excluding the head and limbs.
人じん体たいN1
体 is the everyday, casual word for one's body, while 人体 is a more formal, scientific term used in medical or academic writing.

心こころN5sense 1
心 (mind/heart) is conventionally contrasted with 体 (body), as in the common pairing 心と体.

身しん体たいN3
体（からだ）is the everyday, casual word for the human body, while 身体（しんたい）is the more formal reading of the same kanji used in medical, legal, or official contexts.

体ていN1
Written with the same kanji, 体 read からだ means the physical body, a completely different word from 体 read てい meaning appearance or state.

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体からだUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling for 'body' in everyday use.
からだUsage11%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.
身体からだUsage7%
Also read しんたい; when read からだ, it is a gikun reading and less common than 体.
躰からだUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
カラダUsage2%
軀からだUsage2%
search-only kanji form
躯からだ
rarely-used kanji form

The reading からだ is of uncertain origin. The kanji 体 is a semantic compound meaning 'body', and 身体 is a gikun reading for the same word.