具体|ぐたいgutai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounconcreteness; embodiment

• Synonym具象ぐしょうWrittenWritten/formal. Mostly in art: having a concrete visible image, as in 「具象画」, the opposite of abstract painting. In everyday speech use 「具体」 instead.
• Related体現たいげんWrittenWritten/formal. Embodying an abstract ideal through one's actions or person, as in 「理想を体現する」; the one embodying it is usually a person.
• Related具現ぐげんWrittenWritten/formal. Turning an idea into concrete reality, stressing realization, as in 「理念を具現する」; 「具体」 usually appears as the adjective 「具体的」.
• Antonym抽象ちゅうしょうNeutralNeutral register. Abstraction: drawing out common features to form a general concept; the direct opposite of 「具体」.

In everyday use 「具体」 appears mainly as 「具体的」 or 「具体化」. Use 「体現」 for embodying ideals through action, 「具現」 for making them real, 「具象」 for concrete form in art; 「抽象」 is the opposite.

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1. 全体ぜんたいが、はっきりした形かたちを具備ぐびすること。