肉にく体たい的てき

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Meanings

1

physical; bodily; corporeal

Refers to the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; used in contexts like health, labor, or physical attributes.

肉にく体たい的てきな疲ひ労ろうがたまっている。
Physical fatigue has built up.
彼かれは肉にく体たい的てきに強つよい。
He is physically strong.

2

sexual; sensual; carnal

Used for physical intimacy or desires of the flesh; often appears in literary or formal descriptions of sexual matters.

小しょう説せつには肉にく体たい的てきな描びょう写しゃが多おおい。
The novel contains many sexual descriptions.
肉にく体たい的てきな欲よく望ぼうに負まける。
To give in to carnal desires.

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Usage patterns

肉にく体たい的てきな苦く痛つうphysical pain
手しゅ術じゅつの後あと、彼かれは肉にく体たい的てきな苦く痛つうに耐たえていた。
After the surgery, he endured physical pain.
肉にく体たい的てきな関かん係けいを持もつto have a sexual relationship
二人ふたりは肉にく体たい的てきな関かん係けいを持もっていた。
The two of them had a sexual relationship.
肉にく体たい的てきな労ろう働どうphysical labor
この仕し事ごとは肉にく体たい的てきな労ろう働どうが多おおい。
This job involves a lot of physical labor.
肉にく体たい的てきに疲つかれるto become physically exhausted
長ちょう時じ間かんの運うん転てんで肉にく体たい的てきに疲つかれた。
I became physically exhausted from the long drive.

Kanji

肉meat
体body, substance, object
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

身しん体たい的てき sense 1
身体的 is a more clinical, neutral word for 'physical' used in medical or scientific contexts, while 肉体的 can also carry a sexual or carnal nuance.
物ぶっ質しつ的てき
物質的 refers broadly to material things or possessions, whereas 肉体的 specifically concerns the physical body.

Opposites

精せい神しん的てきN1sense 1
精神的 refers to the mind or spirit, the direct opposite of 肉体的's focus on the body.

Don't confuse with

物ぶつ理り的てき sense 1
物理的 means 'physical' in the sense of physics or tangible material reality, whereas 肉体的 specifically concerns the human body or flesh.

Built from

肉にく体たい+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 肉体 (nikutai, 'body, flesh') + 的 (-teki, '-like, -al'). The kanji 肉 means 'flesh', 体 means 'body', and 的 is a suffix forming adjectival nouns.