Word Meaning 母体

ぼたい botai

母体 is read as ぼたい (botai) and means mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth).

Meaning

English

mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth)
parent body
parent organization
base
basis
nucleus

Reading

Kana

ぼたい

Romaji

botai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 13185 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

母体保護法

ぼたいほごほう

Maternal Health Act

選挙母体

せんきょぼたい

electorate

推進母体

すいしんぼたい

nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.)

身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり

しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり

filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

母音

ぼいん

vowel

母親

ははおや

mother

母方

ははかた

maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

母屋

おもや

central room (of a house)

重体

じゅうたい

serious condition

体

からだ

body

一体

いったい

one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

本体

ほんたい

noumenon

Example Sentences

フランス語はラテン語を母体として発達した。

French developed from Latin.