遺い体たい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Formal or respectful term for a deceased person's body, often used in news, legal, or official contexts.

〈物もの〉を発はっ見けんするto discover/find a body
山さん中ちゅうで遺い体たいが発はっ見けんされた。
A body was found in the mountains.
〈物もの〉を安あん置ちするto lay a body to rest (temporarily)
遺い体たいは病びょう院いんの霊れい安あん室しつに安あん置ちされた。
The body was laid to rest in the hospital morgue.
〈物もの〉を引ひき取とるto claim/take custody of a body
家か族ぞくが遺い体たいを引ひき取とりに来きた。
The family came to claim the body.
〈物もの〉を確かく認にんするto identify a body
警けい察さつは遺い体たいを確かく認にんするよう遺い族ぞくに頼たのんだ。
The police asked the family to identify the body.

死し体たいN2
死体 is a blunt, clinical term for a corpse used in forensic or medical contexts, while 遺体 is the more respectful term used in news and official settings.
亡骸なきがらN1
亡骸 is a poetic, emotionally charged word for a deceased person's body, whereas 遺体 is the neutral, formal term used in official and journalistic contexts.
屍しかばね
遺体 is the respectful term used in funeral or formal contexts for a deceased person's remains, whereas 屍 carries a stark, literary tone.
死し骸がい
遺体 is a respectful, formal term used for a deceased person's body (e.g. at a funeral), whereas 死骸 lacks that respectful tone and is common for animals.
死し人にんN1
遺体 is a respectful term used when the deceased's body is being cared for or discussed with dignity, while 死人 is a plainer, more neutral word.

遺い骨こつ
遺体 refers to the whole body of the deceased before cremation, while 遺骨 refers specifically to the cremated bones or ashes.

体たい
body; physique; posture · shape; form; style · substance; identity; reality · field (mathematics) · counter for humanoid forms (dolls, statues, corpses, etc.) · typeface; type

Compound of 遺 (leave behind) and 体 (body), literally 'the body left behind'.