Illustration: In an apartment living room, a host straightens the decorative cloth on a low table as a guest enters from the hallway. The tabletop holds a perfectly arranged tea set and a small flower vase.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

体てい裁さい

teisai

outward appearance

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは彼かれの紳士しんしらしい体裁ていさいにだまされてしまった。

    She was taken in by his gentlemanly appearance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 体裁ていさいが悪わるい

    to look not so good

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 全文ぜんぶんが漢字かんじで書かかれており、漢文かんぶんの体裁ていさいをなしている。

    The entire text is written in kanji, giving it the appearance of classical Chinese.

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

Kanji in 体裁

  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち
  • 裁tailor; judgeOnサイKunたつ・さばく

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