形けい態たい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

General term for the outward form, shape, or configuration of something, often used in abstract or technical contexts.

形けい

態たい

を

し

て

いる

。

This creature has an unusual form.

企き業ぎょうは新あたらしい経けい営えい形けい態たいを導どう入にゅうした。

The company introduced a new form of management.

2

morph

Only when written 形態

Linguistics term for the smallest meaningful unit of language; used in morphology.

〈物もの〉の形けい態たいをとるto take the form of ~
この生せい物ぶつは季き節せつによって異ことなる形けい態たいをとる。
This organism takes on a different form depending on the season.
〈事こと〉という形けい態たいでin the form of ~
在ざい宅たく勤きん務むという形けい態たいで働はたらく人ひとが増ふえている。
More people are working in the form of remote work.
〈物もの〉の形けい態たいが変かわるthe form of ~ changes
企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい形けい態たいが時じ代だいとともに変かわってきた。
The management form of companies has changed over time.

形けい式しきN2sense 1
形式 highlights a prescribed format or style, while 形態 focuses on the actual physical or structural shape something takes.
形けい状じょう sense 1
形状 is used for the concrete, geometric shape of an object, whereas 形態 can describe more abstract structural forms.
様よう式しきN1sense 1
様式 refers to a recognized style or mode (e.g. artistic or cultural), while 形態 is broader and more neutral, describing structural form in general.

形なり体かたち sense 1
形体 and 形態 share the same reading けいたい, but 形体 refers to a physical body or its outward shape, while 形態 refers to a more abstract structural form or configuration.

Sino-Japanese compound of 形 (form, shape) and 態 (state, appearance).

embodiment; implementation form

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