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人工的 (jinkouteki) Japanese meaning: artificial | Kotomora
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こう
的てき
に
作つく
ら
れ
た
もの
です
。
This lake was artificially created.
His smile looked somewhat artificial.
Usage patterns 人じん 工こう 的てき な 〈 物もの 〉 artificial ~ (object, flavor, light, etc.)
This juice contains artificial flavoring.
人じん 工こう 的てき な 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 an artificial place or environment
人じん 工こう 的てき に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something artificially / by artificial means
人じん 工こう 的てき な 〈 事こと 〉 an artificial-seeming manner, smile, atmosphere, etc.
Her artificial-looking smile bothered me a little.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 不自然 emphasizes something feeling wrong or abnormal, while 人工的 simply describes something as man-made without necessarily implying it's bad.
人為的 is often used for causes, errors, or disasters brought about by human action, whereas 人工的 more broadly describes objects or environments made by humans.
Opposites 天然 describes something occurring naturally without human intervention, the direct opposite of 人工的.
自然 (as in 自然な) describes something that feels natural and unforced, contrasting with the forced or man-made quality of 人工的.
ナチュラル describes something in its unaltered, natural state, while 人工的 describes something artificially made or processed.
Etymology Compound of 人工 (じんこう, 'artificial, man-made') and the adjectival suffix 的 (てき, '-like, -ish').
The animals in the zoo are raised in an artificial environment.
Scientists are researching technology to artificially induce rain.
