しょうたい – Vocabulary details

しょうたい

Noun

1. true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin

それが不ふ安あんの正しょう体たいだ。That is the true nature of the anxiety.

2. consciousness; one's senses

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うたい

exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

unidentifiable; unidentified

fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass

それが不ふ安あんのしょうたいだ。

That is the true nature of the anxiety.

だが、相あい手てのしょうたいは不ふ明めいだ。

But the other side's true identity is unknown.

私わたしも彼かれのしょうたいは分わからなかった。

I didn't know his true identity either.

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