定てい期き

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a predetermined length of time or a set interval. Often used in compounds like 定期券 or 定期預金.

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This contract is renewed at fixed intervals.

2

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Used as a no-adjective to describe something that occurs or is done at set intervals. Common in phrases like 定期的な or 定期検診.

3

commuter pass; season ticket

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 定期乗車券. Refers to a fixed-term commuter pass for trains or buses. Very common in daily conversation.

定てい期き的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to do something regularly/periodically
健けん康こう診しん断だんは定てい期き的てきに受うけるべきです。
You should get a health checkup on a regular basis.
定てい期きを買かうto buy a commuter pass
新あたらしい駅えきまでの定てい期きを買かった。
I bought a commuter pass to the new station.
定てい期きを組くむto open a fixed-term deposit
銀ぎん行こうで百ひゃく万まん円えんの定てい期きを組くんだ。
I opened a fixed-term deposit of one million yen at the bank.
定てい期きが切きれるfor a commuter pass to expire
定てい期きが今こん月げつ末まつで切きれる。
My commuter pass expires at the end of this month.

定てい期き的てきN2sense 2
定期的 is the explicit な-adjective meaning 'periodic/regular', while 定期 functions more as a noun or の-adjective with a similar meaning.
定てい期き券けんN3sense 3
定期券 is the full, formal term for a commuter pass, while 定期 is the everyday abbreviated form people use in conversation.
定てい期き預よ金きんN2sense 4
定期預金 is the full banking term for a fixed-term deposit, while 定期 is the shortened form used casually in the same context.
定てい例れい
定期 emphasizes fixed intervals or scheduled recurrence (e.g. 定期券), while 定例 stresses that an event is regularly held, as in 定例会議.

不ふ定てい期き sense 2
定期 describes something happening at a fixed, regular interval, while 不定期 means it happens irregularly or with no set schedule.

定てい期き便びん
定期 broadly means 'regular' or 'fixed period' (as in 定期券, a commuter pass), while 定期便 specifically means a scheduled transport or delivery service.
定てい期き的てきN2
定期 is a noun meaning 'fixed term' or (colloquially) 'season ticket', while 定期的 is the na-adjective meaning 'periodic'.

Compound of 定 (fixed) and 期 (period). The abbreviation senses derive from longer financial and transportation terms.

N2

term deposit; time deposit

periodic commuting fee; commuting expenses

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