一心同体 isshin dōtai One in Mind and Body

Every Japanese dictionary gives the same sentence for it, husband and wife are one heart and one body, so a couple who choose it choose the word Japanese uses for them; One in Mind and Body says the two halves, and of one flesh is what a Japanese reader hears. The word has only ever meant many acting as one, and the couple is its newest subject, not its only one: two friends, two partners or a team who want the word for acting as one person have it just as exactly. Which two is yours.

一心同体 is composed of the words 一心 (read isshin) meaning "one heart, one mind" and 同体 (read dōtai) meaning "one body".

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