Illustration: During a homemade haunted-house activity in a Japanese community hall, a supposedly terrifying sheet ghost has snagged its hem on a folding chair.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

正しょう体たい

shoutai

true identity, true nature

Example sentences

  1. ついに正体しょうたいを現あらわしたぞ。

    Finally he showed his true colours.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは正体しょうたいを見破みやぶられないように仮面かめんをつけていた。

    He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは普段ふだんは、やる気きのない英語教師えいごきょうしを演えんじているが、その正体しょうたいはCIAのエージェントだ。

    He usually pretends to be an unmotivated English teacher, but he’s actually a CIA agent.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 正体

  • 正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store