体中

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
からだ
Grade: 2
ちゅう > じゅう
Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
體中 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

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Compound of (karada, body) +‎ (-jū, throughout). The chū changes to as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The character is often read as chū in compounds, with a meaning of “middle; inside, within”, but when read as with rendaku, the meaning shifts to “throughout, all over”.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠da̠ʑɨː]

Noun

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(からだ)(じゅう) (karadajū

  1. throughout the body, from head to foot, all over

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
體中 (kyūjitai)

May be from Middle Chinese compound (thejX trjuwng, literally body + center; within).

Alternatively, may be a Japanese coinage using Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of (tai, body) + (chū, within, inside).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たい)(ちゅう) (taichū

  1. the inside of the body, somewhere inside the body