This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

主体

Reading

Kana: しゅたい
Romaji: shutai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

main constituent; core; nucleus

2

subject (philosophical); protagonist

See also: 客体 主観

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Example Sentences

社長(しゃちょう)社員(しゃいん)主体的(しゅたいてき)()()みを(うなが)した。
➥The president urged employees to act on their initiative.
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主体(しゅたい)客体(かくたい)さえ(やく)せればあとはそこまで(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.
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学生(がくせい)自分(じぶん)主体性(しゅたいせい)見失(みうしな)ってはならない。
➥A student should not lose sight of his own identity.
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情報(じょうほう)スーパーハイウェイ」の(しん)のインパクトは、情報(じょうほう)インフラの構築(こうちく)により経済(けいざい)従来(じゅうらい)のハードやモノづくり中心(ちゅうしん)実体(じったい)経済(けいざい)から知識(ちしき)情報(じょうほう)、ソフトを主体(しゅたい)とした経済(けいざい)移行(いこう)し、そこから()まれる(あたら)しい産業(さんぎょう)経済(けいざい)活動(かつどう)にある。
➥Forming an information infrastructure, the real impact of the information highway is an expectation of new economic development due to a shift from a tangible hardware-industry to brain-oriented software-industry.
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