Illustration: In a neighborhood pottery studio, a potter sits firmly at a wheel and deliberately presses both hands into a spinning mound of clay, drawing its walls upward. Their attentive gaze follows the exact point where their fingers change the shape.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ体たい

shutai

subject, acting party

Here, it names the party that acts or takes responsibility. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 主体しゅたい・客体かくたいさえ訳やくせればあとはそこまで難むずかしくないです。

    If you can translate the subject and object then after that it isn’t so difficult.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 事業じぎょう主体しゅたい・道路管理者どうろかんりしゃとも国土交通省こくどこうつうしょうである。

    The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is implementing the project and managing the road.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 財団法人南観音山保存会ざいだんほうじんみなみかんのんやまほぞんかいが主体しゅたいとなって継承けいしょう・運営うんえいしている。

    It has been preserved and operated mainly by the foundation Minamikannon yama Hozonkai.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 主体

  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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