体（からだ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: body
Example sentences
- 毎日運動して体を鍛える。 — I exercise every day to build up my body.
- 最近、体の調子がよくない。 — I haven't been feeling well lately.
Idioms & proverbs containing “体”
- 体は正直 (からだはしょうじき) — the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
- 体が資本 (からだがしほん) — health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
- 名は体を表す (なはたいをあらわす) — names and natures do often agree
- 幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花 (ゆうれいのしょうたいみたりかれおばな) — fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
- 健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る (けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどる) — a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり) — filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “体” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)