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個体 (こたい, kotai) Japanese meaning: individual | Kotomora
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たい
が
数すう
匹ひき
生せい
息そく
し
て
いる
。
A few rare individuals inhabit this forest.
We need to design the experiment taking individual differences into account.
Usage patterns 〈 数かず 〉 個こ 体たい counting individual organisms (number attaches directly to 個体)
Five individual crested ibises were confirmed in this area.
個こ 体たい を 識しき 別べつ する to identify/distinguish an individual (e.g. by tagging or marking)
The researchers identified individuals using tags.
個こ 体たい レベルで at the level of the individual (as opposed to species or population)
This study examines behavioral differences at the individual level.
Kanji 個 individual, counter for articles Don't confuse with 固体 (same reading こたい) means 'solid' as in a state of matter, completely unrelated to 個体's meaning of an individual organism.
個体 means an individual organism or a solid (as opposed to liquid/gas), while 物体 is the general term for any physical, tangible object.
Word family· 8 individual values; IVs
individual difference; variation among individuals
individuality
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
Etymology Compound of 個 (individual) and 体 (body, entity). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.
population (of organisms)
