典てん型けい的てき

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Meanings

Describes something that clearly exhibits the expected characteristics of its type; can be neutral or slightly negative when implying a stereotype.

典てん型けい的てきな〈人ひと〉a typical/archetypal (kind of) person
彼かれは典てん型けい的てきな日本にほん人じんサラリーマンだ。
He is a typical Japanese office worker.
〈事こと〉の典てん型けい的てきな例れいa typical example of something
これは詐さ欺ぎの典てん型けい的てきな例れいです。
This is a typical example of fraud.
典てん型けい的てきなパターンa typical/standard pattern
この事じ件けんは典てん型けい的てきなパターンをたどっている。
This case is following a typical pattern.

代だい表ひょう的てき
代表的 means 'representative' in the sense of standing for a larger group, while 典型的 focuses on being a perfect example of a type.
模も範はん的てきN1
模範的 means 'exemplary' or 'model' with a positive connotation of being worthy of imitation, whereas 典型的 is more neutral and descriptive.
一いっ般ぱん的てきN3
一般的 means 'common' or 'general' across many cases, while 典型的 stresses being the clearest single example that embodies a category.
古こ典てん的てきN2
典型的 means 'typical' or 'representative,' while 古典的 can carry that same 'quintessential example' sense but always links back to classical tradition.

特とく殊しゅN2
特殊 describes something unusual or exceptional, the opposite of 典型的, which describes something that fits the usual pattern perfectly.

定てい型けい的てき
定型的 (fixed-form, formulaic) is easily confused with 典型的 (typical, archetypal) because they share similar kanji and pronunciation but describe different qualities.
象しょう徴ちょう的てき
象徴的 means 'symbolic' (standing for an abstract idea), while 典型的 means 'typical' (a representative example of a category), a distinction learners often blur.
模も範はん的てきN1
典型的 just means 'typical' or 'representative' of a category, while 模範的 adds the positive sense of being a model worth imitating.

From 典型 (model, type) + 的 (-like, -typical). The base 典型 is composed of 典 (rule, standard) and 型 (mold, type).