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jmdict 1890880 Active (id: 2286171)
体をなす体を成す
たいをなすていをなす
1. [exp,v5s]
▶ to become fully formed
▶ to take proper shape

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-12-21 22:48:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-12-21 21:06:28  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
This expression seems to describe things becoming fully formed, full-fledged, coherent, worthy of the name, etc.
daijirin: まとまった形になる。

Most kokugos only have the たい reading in their headwords.
jitenon: 「体(たい)」は「体(てい)」とも読む。

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 体をなす   │  1,692 │ 63.8% │
│ 体を成す   │    826 │ 31.1% │
│ ていをなす  │     69 │  2.6% │
│ たいをなす  │     66 │  2.5% │
├─ーーーーーー─┼────────┼───────┤
│ 体をなして  │ 12,074 │ 70.6% │
│ 体を成して  │  4,667 │ 27.3% │
│ ていをなして │    327 │  1.9% │
│ たいをなして │     22 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19,2 @@
-<gloss>to take form (shape)</gloss>
+<gloss>to become fully formed</gloss>
+<gloss>to take proper shape</gloss>
3. A* 2023-12-21 19:41:47 
  Refs:
daijr, meikyo, jitsuyou
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>体をなす</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ていをなす</reb>
2. A 2010-08-22 20:56:01  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2010-08-22 03:07:04  Scott
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>

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