形態・形体|けいたいkeitai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounform; shape; figure
   ジョギングは、運動うんどうとして、好このましい形態けいたいになった。↗

   Jogging has become the favorite form of exercise.
2. noun, linguisticsmorph

• Synonym形かたちNeutralThe everyday word for a visible shape or outline (「丸い形」), most common in speech; 「形態」 is more written and covers the overall state of an organization or thing.
• Synonym形状けいじょうNeutralA noun for the shape of a physical object, as in 「葉の形状」 or 「断面形状」; it leans toward explanatory, technical description rather than everyday talk.
• Synonym外形がいけいNeutralThe shape of something as seen from the outside, as in 「外形が似ている」; it stresses the external view, while 「形態」 covers the whole state of a body or thing.
• Synonym姿すがたNeutralA person's figure or silhouette, as in 「後ろ姿」, stressing the whole visible form; it can also mean how something stands, but lacks the structural sense of 「形態」.
• Synonym態たいNeutralRead 「なり」 and means looks or dress, seen in 「なりふり構わず」 and 「身なり」; it is about people's appearance, not organizations.
• Related型かたNeutralCovers models, types and fixed patterns, including martial-arts forms, as in 「型にはまる」; it points to a set mold, not an overall state.
• Related格好かっこうCasualColloquial, and mostly about how a person looks or is dressed, as in 「変な格好」; 「形態」 is written and describes organizations or things.
• RelatedパターンNeutralA loanword for patterns and recurring regularities, as in 「行動パターン」; it stresses repetition, not the overall state of something.
• Related像ぞうNeutralRefers to statues and images, as in 「銅像」, and to an image held in the mind, as in 「理想像」; also works as a suffix. Not a word for how a system is organized.
• Related外見がいけんNeutralA noun for outward appearance, as in 「外見で判断する」; it is mostly about how people or things look, not how an organization is structured or runs.
• Related体裁ていさいNeutralCovers decency or face before others, as in 「体裁を気にする」, and also formats; it stresses how things look to other people.
• Related形象けいしょうWrittenA written word for image or figure, used mostly in philosophy and the arts; 「形態」 is the ordinary term for an organization's overall state.
• RelatedシェイプCasualA colloquial loanword for body shape, as in 「シェイプアップ」; it is mostly heard in fitness talk, not about organizations.
• Related形式けいしきWrittenA written noun for form as opposed to content, as in 「形式にとらわれる」; it also covers formats and procedures, not overall states.
• Related容姿ようしWrittenA written noun for a person's face and figure, as in 「容姿端麗」; it applies to people only, never to organizations or things.
• Related様式ようしきWrittenA written noun for styles and formats, as in 「建築様式」 or 「申請様式」; it names established patterns, not a present state.
• Related形体なりかたちWrittenRead 「なりかたち」. A rare written word for a person's looks and dress; in daily speech say 「身なり」 instead.
• Related形姿なりすがたWrittenA rare written word for a person's overall dressed appearance; it applies to people only, while 「形態」 describes organizations and things.
• Related姿態したいWrittenA written word for posture and bearing, used mostly to describe body movements; 「形態」 covers the state of organizations and things.
• Related体ていNeutralMeans appearance or pretense, often in idiomatic patterns like 「知らない体を装う」; it is about putting on a show, so it does not substitute for 「形態」.

Use 「形態」 for the overall state or aspect of an organization or thing, as in 「雇用形態」 and 「生活形態」. For a concrete shape say 「形」 or 「形状」; for a person's looks, 「外見」 or 「姿」; for fixed patterns, 「型」 or 「パターン」. Most other alternatives here are written, rare, or restricted to people, so they rarely replace 「形態」.

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

1. ある組織そしき体たいを外そとから見みた有様ありさま。
2. 動作どうさなどの様子ようす。
3. 部分的ぶぶんてき要素ようその単たんなる結合けつごうととらえることのできない全体的ぜんたいてき、統一とういつ的てきな構造こうぞう。ゲシュタルト。