JLPT N1 · Noun

肉体 (nikutai)

肉体 (にくたい, nikutai) is a Japanese noun meaning “the body; the flesh”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にくたい
Romaji: nikutai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique · noun

Example sentences

肉体は滅んでいく。

The flesh is mortal.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 肉体

肉

meatニク・しし · 6 strokes

体

body, substance, objectタイ・テイ・からだ・かたち · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 肉体.

肉にくflesh牛肉ぎゅうにくbeef鶏肉とりにくchicken meat豚肉ぶたにくpork筋肉きんにくmuscle皮肉ひにくirony肉親にくしんblood relationship体からだbody大体だいたいgenerally重体じゅうたいserious condition身体しんたいbody一体いったい(what) the heck気体きたいgas具体ぐたいconcreteness

Source: JMdict entry 1463650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.