こくたい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こくたい – see the following entries.
国体
[noun] the character of the nation
[noun] national polity
[noun] (politics, philosophy, chiefly historical) kokutai (the national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center)
[noun] (sports) clipping of 国民体育大会 (Kokumin Taiiku Taikai, National Sports Festival of Japan)
黒体
[noun] (physics, astronomy) a blackbody
(This term, こくたい (kokutai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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