個体|こたいkotai[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveindividual; specimen

• Related個々ここWrittenWritten register. Refers to things taken one by one, each separately; 「個体」 is a single, independently existing individual.
• Related各自かくじNeutralMeans each person, respectively, with the focus on every individual person; 「個体」 is used for organisms or independent objects.
• Related各個かっこWrittenWritten language for 'each and every one', as in 「各個撃破」; 「個体」 leans toward the biological sense.
• Antonym集団しゅうだんNeutralA group or collective of people or things, standing opposite to a single 「個体」.
• Antonym群体ぐんたいWrittenWritten register and a biology term: a group of individuals that live attached to the parent after asexual reproduction.

Use 「個体」 for a single organism or an independent object distinguished from others, as in 「個体差」. For things taken one by one use 「個々」, for each person 「各自」, and for a group or collective 「集団」; 「各個」 and 「群体」 are written-style terms.

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1. 個々ここ独立どくりつに他ほかの物ものとその存在そんざいを区別くべつして認識にんしきされるもの。個物こぶつ。
2. 一いち個この生物せいぶつとして完全かんぜんな機能きのうをもつ最小さいしょうの単位たんい。