母ぼ体たい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

mother's body; maternal body

Refers to the physical body of a mother, especially in medical or biological contexts such as pregnancy, childbirth, or maternal health.

胎たい児じは母ぼ体たいから栄えい養ようをもらう。
The fetus receives nutrients from the mother's body.
母ぼ体たいの健けん康こうは赤あかちゃんに直ちょく接せつ影えい響きょうする。
The mother's health directly affects the baby.

noun

parent body; parent organization; base; nucleus

Used for the core organization, institution, or group from which a branch, offshoot, or project originates. Common in business, academic, and administrative contexts.

この研けん究きゅう所じょは大だい学がくを母ぼ体たいとしている。
This research institute is based on the university as its parent body.
新しん会社がいしゃは大おお手て企き業ぎょうを母ぼ体たいに設せつ立りつされた。
The new company was established with a major corporation as its parent organization.

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Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉を母ぼ体たいとして設せつ立りつするto be established with X as the parent body
この財ざい団だんはNPO法ほう人じんを母ぼ体たいとして設せつ立りつされた。
This foundation was established with the NPO as its parent body.
母ぼ体たいの健けん康こうを守まもるto protect the mother's health (during pregnancy)
母ぼ体たいの健けん康こうを守まもるために定てい期き的てきに検けん診しんを受うける。
She has regular checkups to protect her health during pregnancy.
〈組そ織しき〉が〈組そ織しき〉の母ぼ体たいとなるfor X to serve as the parent organization of Y
この団だん体たいが新あたらしい研けん究きゅう会かいの母ぼ体たいとなった。
This group became the parent body for the new research society.

Kanji

母mother
体body, substance, object

Related words

親おや会がい社しゃ sense 2
親会社 specifically means a parent company in a corporate group, while 母体 is broader and can refer to any founding organization, not just a business.
基き盤ばんN2sense 2
基盤 means an abstract foundation or basis for something, while 母体 implies an actual existing organization or group that gave rise to it.
本ほん体たいN2sense 2
本体 refers to the main body or core entity itself, whereas 母体 emphasizes the organization's role as the origin or source of something else.
前ぜん身しん
母体 emphasizes the parent organization that a new group grew out of, while 前身 focuses on the earlier identity or name the entity once had.

Opposites

子こ会がい社しゃ sense 2
子会社 is a subsidiary company, the opposite of 母体 when it refers to the parent organization that spun it off.

Don't confuse with

母ぼ胎たい sense 1
母胎 is written with different kanji and means the physical womb (or a figurative source), while 母体 more broadly means the mother's body or a parent organization.

Word family

推すい進しん母ぼ体たい
promoting body; driving force; nucleus
選せん挙きょ母ぼ体たい
electorate; constituent body; electoral base

Etymology

Compound of 母 (mother) and 体 (body). The organizational sense is a metaphorical extension of the biological meaning, likening a parent organization to a mother's body that gives rise to or nurtures a new entity.