容態・容体・様体|ようだいyoudai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncondition; state (of health); appearance
   ケンは彼かれのお父とうさんの容態ようたいを尋たずねた。↗

   Ken inquired about his father.

• Synonym具合ぐあいNeutralCovers everyday health or how things are going; common in speech, as in 「具合が悪い」. 「容態」 is for a patient's condition and leans formal.
• Synonym状態じょうたいNeutralThe broadest term for a state or condition, not limited to illness, as in 「健康状態」「機械の状態」.
• Synonym様子ようすNeutralDescribes how things or people seem; it stresses outwardly visible states and does not specifically refer to a patient's condition.
• SynonymコンディションNeutralLoanword for physical condition or the state of a course or field; typical of athletes and competition. For a patient's condition, use 「容態」.
• Synonym調子ちょうしNeutralColloquial word for how well one is doing, or rhythm, as in 「調子がいい」; it focuses on everyday ups and downs, whereas 「容態」 is the word for a patient's condition.
• Synonym体調たいちょうNeutralEveryday word for one's physical condition, as in 「体調を崩す」; usable even in serious illness. 「容態」 is specific to patients and the injured, as in 「容態が安定する」.
• Synonym健康状態けんこうじょうたいWrittenWritten, explanatory term for one's state of health; typical of medical checkups and questionnaires rather than everyday talk.
• Related様態ようたいWrittenWritten, academic term (also used in grammar) for how things exist or change; it can describe how an illness presents, but for a patient's condition 「容態」 is usual.

Use 「容態」 for the condition of a patient or the injured, as in 「容態が急変する」. For everyday health say 「具合」 or 「体調」, for states in general 「状態」, and for athletes 「コンディション」.

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1. 病気びょうきの様子ようす。病状びょうじょう。