一体

adverbいったい · ittai

1. English(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell

   • 一体どこで彼に会ったんだ。Where on earth did you meet him?

2. Englishone object; one body; one unit; one group

   • ストライキとは従業員の集団が一体となって就労を拒否することです。A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.

3. Englishone form; one style; one format; one fashion

4. Englishone Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture

5. Englishone corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)

6. Englishgenerally; in general; on the whole; by and large

7. Englishstrictly speaking; in the first place; originally; to begin with

Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)