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正体しょうたい (shoutai)

true identity, true form

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Meaning

正体 (しょうたい, shoutai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “true identity, true form”.

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Example sentences 11

次回じかい謎なぞの人物じんぶつの正体しょうたいが明あかされる

Next time, the true identity of the mysterious person will be revealed.

ついに正体しょうたいを暴露ばくろしたな。

Now you've given yourself away.

彼かれらは彼かれの正体しょうたいを警察けいさつにばらした。

They turned him over to the police.

猫ねこかぶりしてもお前まえの正体しょうたいは分かっているよ。

You are a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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