たい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. body; physique; posture
2. shape; form; style
3. substance; identity; reality
4. field
Counter
5. counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)
Four dolls are lined up on the shelf.
Noun
Suffix
6. typeface; type
Pitch accent
た
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Used in vocabulary (432 in total)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
interior of the body
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
individual; specimen
usefulness; utility; being orderly; being proper
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
concreteness; embodiment
many-body
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
body surface
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
(body) weight
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
physical condition; state of health; shape
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
personification; impersonation; embodiment
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
the Emperor's person or presence
side of a body
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
build; physique; frame; constitution
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
organism; living body
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games); housing; enclosure; chassis
assembly; aggregation
old body; aged person; elderly person
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
female-to-male gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
consonant (in the Siddham script)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
posture; position; stance
fuselage; airframe
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
form; shape; figure; morph
sphere; globe; orb; ball
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
human body
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
body fluid; semen
life form; life-form
limbs; arms and legs; body
body (of car); frame
condition; state (of health); appearance
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
upper body
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
ghost; spirit; apparition; spiritual body; causal body
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
classical form of martial art
system; organization; organisation; architecture
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
abusive language
length (of an animal); body length
body hair
appearance; look; dress
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
fission
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
woman's body
capacity; volume
antibody
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
physique; physical standard; physical condition; posture; (body) position; sexual position
serious condition; critical condition
artificial body; cyborg
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
ectogenesis; outside the body
corporal punishment
the emperor's person; the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)
mutant; variant
immature form (of an organism); young animal
healthy body
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
hull of a warship
discarnate entity
flexible body (esp. in gymnastics); agile physique
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
flying object (e.g. rocket, missile); projectile
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism
burnt corpse
strange; curious; odd
height (measured at the withers)
body tissue; body composition
test subject (esp. animals or objects); experimental subject
fighting sport; combat sport; martial art
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
obese body; corpulent physique
color (of an animal); body color
to become fully formed; to take proper shape
organic body; organism
drowned body
body motion
form of government; system of government; polity
luminous body
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
crystalline lens (of the eye)
moving body
three qualities of a martial artist or athlete: heart, technique, strength
receptor; (electron) acceptor; (sensory) receptor
to stand upright with arms and/or legs spread; to dodge
tangible; corporeal
cursive style
names and natures do often agree
test piece; test object; specimen
as one flesh or body; simultaneously
flying vehicle; flying object; aircraft
somatic cell
polyhedron
body fat; somatic fat
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
citizen's group
to avoid; to dodge; to evade
body heat
body of a snake; serpentine
granular material; granular matter; granule
business entity; corporate body
drowned body
sans-serif typeface; gothic typeface
seminude; half-naked
Ming (serif typeface); Minchō
rigid body
segment; arthromere; metamere; somite
liquid; fluid
clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha
conductor; transmitter
murder victim; body of a murder victim
colloquial style; written style based on spoken language
boat hull; hull
union (data type in C and related languages)
republican form of government
tetrahedron
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
body weight
state; condition; situation; terms
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
mixture; alloy
fruiting body; sporocarp
emplacement; bunker; shelter
purine body; purine
sick body; poor health
vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous
vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous
pituitary gland; pituitary body; hypophysis
ellipsoid body
body cavity; coelom
different body
organism; living thing
uninflectable nominal (in Japanese)
mountain shape
stark naked body; nude body
base; substrate; substratum
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
organizational entity; organisational entity; body
literary style; classical style
corpse of a person who has met a violent death
moving body
constituent
well-built body; large body; full-figured body
literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da")
new style
magnetic body; magnetic substance
literary form imparting a formal written nuance (with sentences ending in "de aru")
cone; pyramid; conic solid; petrosa; retinal cone
appearance of a Buddhist priest
volume integral
corporal punishment; physical punishment; prison sentence; penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour
somatic sensation; somesthesis
oblique type; slanted type; division ring; skew field
solid of revolution
square (block) style of printed typeface
body composition
simplified Chinese character
your (his, her) health; image (e.g. of Buddha)
pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective
bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow
body drop (judo); body throw
printed form (of writing); print; typeface
appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest); unrefined appearance; vulgar style
chronological order (form of historical writing); ordering chronologically
Golgi body; Golgi apparatus
still having slim chances of victory
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
a transparent body
literary style
annals-biographies form (of historical writing)
systemic circulation
semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
enantiomer; optical isomer
body of a person who died an abnormal death; unnatural death corpse; body dead from unnatural causes
centromere; kinetochore
(biochemical) precursor
rod (cell)
corpus uteri; uterine body; body of the uterus
business entity; business unit
Point of Purchase typeface
practice of eating sushi or sashimi off an unclad man's body
elastic body
Roman type (printing)
direct style
sporophyte
italic typeface
hippocampal formation; formatio hippocampalis
resistive element (in circuit, etc.)
plasmodium (form within the life cycle of myxomycete slime molds)
complement (blood proteins)
poetic form; verse form
filament; protonema; trichome; mitochondria
bok choy; pak choi
cone; cone (cell)
distal style
novel written in epistolary style
two images of Buddha
collegiate body; collegial body; judicial panel
joint venture; consortium; JV
educational-industrial complex
corpus delicti (concrete evidence of a crime, e.g. a bullet-riddled body)
polar body (cell structure within the ovum)
polite style; polite Japanese
writing style in the manner of an imperial edict
semitransparent body; translucent body
bacterial cell; fungus body
analog; analogue
bound form (of a magazine or book; as opposed to a single sheet, scroll, etc.)
prothallium
scales for weighing
dialogue form
semicursive characters
racemic body
particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase
endoplasmic reticulum
generic unit
cylinder; prism
ketone body
organizer (in vertebrate embryology)
cancer of the uterine body
heating element; heat-generating element
complex
literal style (of translation); metaphrastic style
body-centered cubic lattice
body wall
vertically condensed type; font compressed by height
inclusion body; inclusion corpuscle
acrosome
biological age of the body (based on fitness metrics); body age
facepiece (of a respirator, etc.)
(computer) object
aster (cell biology)
important point
charged body
seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
biographical style
fluorescent substance
simplified form of a kanji
chromatophore
constitutional monarchy
corpus adiposum
real number field
corpus allatum
antique (typeface)
ferrimagnetic substance
heteroploid
solid torus
quadratic field
corpus callosum
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
homologue; homolog
Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine)
paramagnetic substance; paramagnet
renal corpuscle
Malpighian corpuscle (i.e. renal corpuscle)
polyploid (organism, cell, etc.)
monoploid; haploid (with a single set of unpaired chromosomes)
triploid (organism, cell, etc.); triplont
tetraploid
somatic cell division (i.e. mitosis)
gametophyte
Message Transfer Agent; MTA
mediocrity; mediocre
business organization; business corporation; businessmen's body
form of muscular or movement therapy developed by Keizo Hashimoto
topical-annalistic style (of historical writing)
basal body; basal granule; kinetosome; blepharoplast
finite field
psychosomatic medicine
chromoplast; chromoplastid
theatrical light; instrument (US theatre light); lantern (UK theatre light); stage light
field of complex numbers
analog; analogue
carotid body; carotid glomus
cursive typeface
script (typeface)
textbook typeface (resembling handwritten block characters)
elegant left-leaning block typeface
colloquial language style; everyday language style
literary style from the Heian era onwards, mainly in kana and written by women
form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)
black body; blackbody; Planckian radiator; full radiator; perfect radiator
bone spur; osteophyte
pore; stoma
spheroid; spherule
corpus striatum; striatum
protonema
copolymer; interpolymer
two-body problem
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
spiral; helicoid; helix
palaeography; paleography
answering one's opponent's attack with an unwavering strike
class field theory
body of a person who died an unnatural death
acetone body
test piece; test specimen; product under test
extraterrestrial life form
nerve cell body; soma
horizontally condensed type; font compressed by width
prothallium
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
crystalloid
corpus cardiacum
complete form; perfect form; final form; perfect field
experimental subject; test body; specimen (used for experiments)
All Japan High School Athletic Federation (abbr)
National Farmers' Organization
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company; TSMC
The Three-Body Problem (2008 novel and subsequent adaptations)
essence of all things; noumenon
head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
Examples (7 in total)
My whole body feels heavy.
Two dragons collided violently.
I built two robots.