的てき

suffix, na-adjective

-ic; -ical; -ive; -al

Productive suffix that turns many nouns into na-adjectival expressions, especially for qualities, fields, principles, or abstract properties: 科学的, 論理的, 積極的, etc.

• 科か学がく的てきな説せつ明めいが必ひつ要ようだ。

  A scientific explanation is needed.

• 彼かれの判はん断だんはとても合ごう理り的てきだった。

  His judgment was very rational.

suffix, na-adjective

-like; -ish; characteristic of

Adds a sense of resembling, having the character of, or being in the style of the preceding noun. Depending on context it may sound descriptive, approximate, or slightly evaluative.

• その店みせは日本にほん的てきな雰ふん囲い気きで人にん気きがある。

  That shop is popular for its Japanese-style atmosphere.

• この場ば面めんには漫まん画が的てきな表ひょう現げんが多おおい。

  This scene has a lot of manga-like expression.

suffix, na-adjective

something like; along the lines of

Colloquial use after a quoted phrase or loose expression, especially as 的な or 的なこと. It softens the wording and means roughly “something like ...” or “along the lines of ...”.

• 彼かれは「とりあえずやってみよう」的てきなことを言いっていた。

  He was saying something like, “Let’s just try it for now.”

• 週しゅう末まつに集あつまろう的てきな話はなしになった。

  The conversation turned into something along the lines of getting together on the weekend.

suffix, na-adjective

-wise; in terms of; from the standpoint of

Colloquial viewpoint marker, often used adverbially as ～的には after a noun or pronoun: 私的には, スケジュール的には, 仕事的には, etc. It frames what follows as true from that angle.

• 私わたし的てきには、この案あんが一いち番ばんいい。

  Personally, I think this proposal is the best.

• スケジュール的てきには、来らい週しゅうが限げん界かいです。

  Schedule-wise, next week is the limit.

suffix

Mr.; Ms.; form of address

Dated familiar or lightly disdainful suffix of address after a name, title, or occupation. This use is not productive in normal modern Japanese and is mainly a historical or literary point.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、人じん名めいや職しょく名めいの後あとの「的てき」が親したしみや軽かるい見み下くだしを表あらわすことがある。

  In older writing, 的 after a personal name or job title can express familiarity or slight disdain.