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外的生活 (gaitekiseikatsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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True happiness cannot be achieved only through the enrichment of material life.
This survey focuses on changes in people's material aspects of life.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped Related words 精せい 神しん 生せい 活かつ Refers to spiritual or inner life, often contrasted with 外的生活.
物ぶっ 質しつ 生せい 活かつ Similar meaning, but 物質生活 emphasizes the physical or material side more directly, while 外的生活 can include broader external conditions.
Etymology Compound of 外的 (external, material) and 生活 (life). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern Japanese to refer to the material or external aspects of life.