外がい的てき生せい活かつ

noun

material life; material aspects of life

Refers to the tangible, physical, or economic side of life, often contrasted with spiritual or inner life. Used in discussions of well-being, lifestyle, or social conditions.

• 外がい的てき生せい活かつの充じゅう実じつだけでは、本ほん当とうの幸こう福ふくは得えられない。

  True happiness cannot be achieved only through the enrichment of material life.

• この調ちょう査さは、人ひと々びとの外がい的てき生せい活かつの変へん化かに焦しょう点てんを当あてている。

  This survey focuses on changes in people's material aspects of life.