一体

いったい

Meanings

1. Adverb (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell (before an interrogative; forms an emphatic question)
2. Noun one object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass
3. one form; one style; one format; one fashion
4. one Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture
5. one corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)
6. Adverb generally; in general; on the whole; by and large; for the most part (also as ～に) See also: 一体に (いったいに).
7. strictly speaking; in the first place; originally; to begin with

Kanji

• 一 one. Read as イチ.
• 体 body. Read as タイ.

Example sentences

• 君はいったいどこを見ているんだ？
  What are you looking at?
• 君は一体何を言おうとしているのか。
  What are you driving at?
• 君は一体それを読んだのか。
  Did you read it at all?
• 君はここでいったい何をしているんだ。
  What ever are you doing here?
• 君が欲しいのはいったい何だ。
  What is it that you want?

Common phrases

• 一体となる (いったいとなる) to accrete
• 一体になる
• 混然一体となる (こんぜんいったいとなる) to form a complete whole

Words containing 一体

• 一体化 (いったいか) unification
• 一体型 (いったいがた) combined unit
• 一体的 (いったいてき) integral

And 16 more.

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