Meaning of 肉体 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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肉体JLPT 1
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Kana Readingにくたい
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Romajinikutai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- the body; the flesh
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Example Sentences
肉体, にくたい used in context
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人が肉体を持ち、地上に生まれたからといって、地上のことを全て理解するわけではないのと同様に、死んだからといって霊的世界を全て理解しているわけでもないのです。
Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.
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Nature endowed her with both a sound mind and a sound body.
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彼は肉体の苦痛と闘わねばならなかった。
He had to contend against physical suffering.
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The body converts extra calories into fat.
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The flesh is mortal.
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A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
On: タイ, テイ
Kun: からだ, かたち
7 strokes
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