Illustration: After practice in a neighborhood boxing gym, an adult athlete sits on a low bench in shorts and a sleeveless training top. Their whole body is visible: feet planted heavily, calves relaxed, shoulders rounded, and forearms resting across their thighs.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

肉にく体たい

nikutai

the body, the flesh

Example sentences

肉体にくたいは滅ほろんでいく。
The flesh is mortal.
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健全けんぜんな精神せいしんは健全けんぜんな肉体にくたいに宿やどる。
A sound mind dwells in a sound body.
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精神せいしんは肉体にくたいとともに発達はったつさせるべきである。
The mind should be developed along with the body.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 肉体

肉meatOnニクKunしし
体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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