身体|しんたいshintai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounbody; physical system; (the) personoft. read からだ

• SynonymボディーNeutralLoanword covering the body, a car's body, and a boxing blow to the midsection; 「身体」 is the more formal choice.
• Synonym体からだNeutralThe everyday word for the body, also physique and health; 「身体」 is the more formal choice when read しんたい.
• Synonym肉体にくたいNeutralThe flesh as opposed to mind and spirit, stressing the physical body itself; 「身体」 is the more neutral term.
• Synonym全身ぜんしんNeutralThe whole body from head to toe; stresses extent, while 「身体」 denotes the body itself.
• Synonym五体ごたいWrittenWritten term for the body's parts (head, two hands, two feet), by extension the whole body, as in 「五体満足」; 「身体」 is the more general word.
• Synonym骨身ほねみNeutralFlesh and bones; mostly in set phrases like 「骨身を惜しまず」, evoking toil and effort rather than the body itself.
• Related体躯たいくWrittenA written term for build and bulk, as in 「堂々たる体躯」; stresses outward physique.
• Related図体ずうたいCasualColloquial for a big, hulking frame, with a derogatory edge, as in 「図体ばかり大きい」.
• Related御身おんみFormalFormal honorific for another person's body or health, mostly in letters, as in 「御身大切に」.
• Antonym精神せいしんNeutralAntonym: the mind and spirit, standing opposite the physical 「身体」.
• Antonym心こころNeutralAntonym: the heart and mind, set against 「身体」 in pairs like 「心と体」.

Use 「身体」 in formal or written contexts, as in 「身体検査」; in everyday speech say 「体」. For the flesh opposed to mind use 「肉体」, for build and bulk 「体躯」, for the whole body 「全身」. ボディー is a loanword, 図体 a bulky frame, 御身 an honorific for letters, 五体 and 骨身 appear in set phrases; 精神 and 心 are the mind, the opposite of the body.

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1. 人ひとの体からだ。肉体にくたい。体躯たいく。