体系|たいけいtaikei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, noun (suffix)system; organization; organisation; architecture
    彼かれらはその体系たいけいを大変たいへんな思索しさくと労力ろうりょくを費ついやして仕上しあげた。↗
    They worked out the system with much thought and labor.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymシステムNeutralLoanword for a system or setup, with a practical, technical feel; 「体系」 stresses a whole whose parts are in good order.
  • Synonym組織そしきNeutralAn organization or group, and also biological tissue; 「体系」 stresses a unified, orderly whole.
  • Synonym機構きこうWrittenIn written/formal prose: an institution or mechanism, as in 「国際機構」; 「体系」 stresses a unified, orderly whole.
  • Synonym体制たいせいNeutralThe system or regime of a society or organization, as in 「政治体制」; 「体系」 stresses clearly ordered parts.
  • Synonym仕組みしくみNeutralThe way something works — its mechanism or principle; more colloquial, while 「体系」 is more formal.
  • Synonym系統けいとうNeutralA system, lineage or bloodline, as in 「神経系統」; 「体系」 stresses a unified, orderly whole.
  • Synonym系けいNeutralA suffix for a system or faction, as in 「理系」 and 「太陽系」.
  • Related構造こうぞうNeutralStructure — how something is put together inside; 「体系」 looks at the orderliness of the whole.
  • Related編成へんせいWrittenIn written/formal prose: forming or organizing units, e.g. train formations or budget drafting; 「体系」 stresses the orderliness of a whole.
  • Related構成こうせいNeutralComposition or makeup, e.g. how a text is organized; 「体系」 stresses a whole that forms a system.
  • Related系列けいれつNeutralA series or corporate group, as in 「系列会社」; 「体系」 stresses the orderliness of a whole.
  • Related組み立てくみたてNeutralAssembly or framework, stressing the building process; 「体系」 stresses the finished system.
  • RelatedからくりNeutralA mechanism or trick, stressing inner cleverness or a hidden catch; 「体系」 covers only overall structure, with no such nuance.
  • Antonym無秩序むちつじょNeutralDisorder — the opposite of the tidy order of 「体系」.
  • Antonym混沌こんとんWrittenIn written/formal prose: chaos or confusion — the opposite of a systematic 「体系」.

Use 「体系」 for an orderly whole of knowledge, theory or institutions, as in 「体系的に学ぶ」 and 「料金体系」. For technical systems say 「システム」, for a regime 「体制」, internal structure 「構造」, how things work 「仕組み」. Others stress groups (「組織」), institutions (「機構」), formation (「編成」), makeup (「構成」), business groups (「系列」), lineage (「系統」), assembly (「組み立て」) or tricks (「絡繰り」); 「無秩序」 and 「混沌」 are opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 個々ここのものを統一とういつした組織そしき。
  2. 一定いっていの原理げんりに基もとづいて組織そしきされた理論りろんや思想しそうの全体ぜんたい。
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