態|たいtai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

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Definitions
  1. noun, noun (suffix)condition; figure; appearance
  2. noun, noun (suffix), grammarvoice
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym格好かっこうNeutralCovers how one dresses and looks, or presentability, as in 「格好いい」; 「態」 is a grammar term and a suffix for states like 「状態」.
  • Synonym姿すがたNeutralCovers the body's shape and posture, or a scene, as in 「姿を現す」; 「態」 leans toward grammatical voice or states.
  • Synonym形態けいたいWrittenWritten/formal prose, for the form or structure of an organization or thing, as in 「経営形態」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym外見がいけんNeutralOutward looks alone, as in 「外見で判断する」; 「態」 leans toward voice or states.
  • Synonym体裁ていさいNeutralKeeping up appearances or decency, as in 「体裁を気にする」, also formats; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym容姿ようしWrittenWritten/formal prose, for a person's face and figure, as in 「容姿端麗」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym見かけみかけCasualColloquial, for how something appears on the outside, as in 「見かけによらず」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym外形がいけいWrittenWritten/formal prose, for the outer shape of a thing; 「態」 leans toward voice or states.
  • Synonym形状けいじょうNeutralThe physical shape of an object, as in 「形状記憶」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • SynonymうわべNeutralThe surface or a mere show, as in 「上辺だけ」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym外面がいめんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Read 「がいめん」 for a thing's outer surface; one's outward manner before others is 「そとづら」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym形象けいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose, for the image something presents; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym見た目みためCasualColloquial, for how things look, as in 「見た目が大事」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • SynonymルックスCasualColloquial loanword for a person's looks, as in 「ルックスがいい」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym姿態したいWrittenWritten/formal prose, for the posture taken in an action, as in 「艶めかしい姿態」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym風姿ふうしWrittenWritten/formal prose, for one's bearing and presence; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym風体ふうていWrittenWritten/formal prose, for someone's dress and getup, often with a shady nuance, as in 「怪しい風体」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym風采ふうさいWrittenWritten/formal prose, for one's overall appearance, as in 「風采が上がらない」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Synonym姿形すがたかたちNeutralA person's looks and figure taken together; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Related見栄えみばえNeutralHow attractive something looks, as in 「見栄えがする」; 「態」 leans toward voice.
  • Related表面ひょうめんNeutralThe surface of things or outward appearances; 「態」 leans toward grammatical voice.

Use 「態」 for grammatical voice or for states, as in 「受動態」, 「使役態」, 「状態」, 「実態」. For how someone dresses and looks pick 「格好」, for a figure or silhouette 「姿」, for the form of things 「形態」, for a person's face and figure 「容姿」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (タイ)動詞どうしがほぼ同おなじ事態じたい内容ないようを表あらわす2つ以上いじょうの異ことなる構文こうぶんに現あらわれ、そのうち無標むひょうの構文こうぶんの主要しゅよう項こうと異ことなる名詞句めいしくが、有標ゆうひょうの構文こうぶんにおける主要しゅよう項こうとなっているとき、各かく構文こうぶんの動詞どうしが属ぞくするそれぞれの文法的ぶんぽうてき範疇はんちゅう。ただし、主要しゅよう項こうとは、対格たいかく言語げんごにおいては主格しゅかく項こう、能格のうかく言語げんごにおいては絶対ぜったい格かく項こうである。典型的てんけいてきには、能動態のうどうたいと受うけ動態どうたい、能格のうかく態たいと逆ぎゃく受動態じゅどうたいの対立たいりつであり、周辺しゅうへん的てきには、適用てきよう態たい、使役しえき態たい、可能かのう態たい、間ま接受せつじゅ動態どうたい、再帰さいき態たい、相互そうご態たいなどを含ふくむ。ボイス。
  2. (タイ)時間的じかんてき過程かていに関かかわる動詞どうしのさまざまな動作どうさ性せいを区分くぶんした文法的ぶんぽうてき範疇はんちゅう。進行しんこう態たい、完了かんりょう態たいなど。アスペクト。現代げんだいでは相そうを用もちいることが多おおい。
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