How to say "body" in Japanese

• 体からだJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe general word for the body of a person or animal, covering health, physique, and physical sensation; for a living being's body in ordinary contexts, this is the word you want.
  カメレオンは周まわりの色いろに合あわせて体色たいしょくを変かえることができる。↗

  The chameleon can take on the colors of its background.
• ボディーCommon
  nounLoanword for 'body'; common for the bodies of cars, machines, and musical instruments and in sports contexts, but not the everyday word for a person's body.
  そのボクサーはボディーに一撃いちげき食くらった。↗

  The boxer received a blow to the body.
• 身体しんたいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe body viewed as a physical system; a more formal or technical alternative to 体, seen especially in medical, academic, and philosophical writing, and it can also stand for the person.
• 本文ほんぶんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounNot the physical body at all: this is the main text of a book or document, or the body of a letter — the word you want only when 'body' means written content.
  この本ほんは本文ほんぶんの部分ぶぶんはそんなに多おおくない。↗

  There's not so much text in this book.
• 車体しゃたいCommon
  nounThe body of a car or similar vehicle — the automotive sense of 'body'; it is never the word for a person's or animal's body.

Use 体 for a person's or animal's body, 「ボディー」 as the loanword in technical and sports contexts, 身体 for formal or physical-system senses, and 本文 and 車体 only for a letter's and a car's body.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 体からだbody
• ボディーbody
• 身体しんたいbody
• 本文ほんぶんtext (of a book, document, etc.)
• 車体しゃたいbody (of car)
• 物体ぶったいobject
• 胴体どうたいtrunk
• 胴どうtrunk
• 一団いちだんbody
• 肌身はだみbody
• 肢体したいlimbs
• 肩身かたみshoulders
• 体たいbody
• 団だんgroup
• 身空みそらbody
• 体躯たいくbody
• 躯幹くかんbody
• 槽そうbody (of a biwa)
• お体おからだbody
• 遺骸いがいremains
• 胴部どうぶtorso
• 組織体そしきたいorganizational entity
• こく味こくみmouthfulness (of food and drink)
• 隊たいparty
• こくrichness
• 躯むくろ(dead) body
• 遺体いたい(dead) body
• 死骸しがい(dead) body
• 形骸けいがい(soulless) body
• 亡骸なきがらremains
• 図体ずうたい(large) body
• 髪膚はっぷhair and skin
• 肌はだbody (in the context of intimate bodily contact)
• 腰こしbody (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.)
• 本体ほんたいmain part
• 骨肉こつにくflesh and bone
• 機関きかんagency
• 団体だんたいorganization
• 躯体くたい(human) body