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外面的 (gaimenteki) Japanese meaning: external | Kotomora
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めん
的てき
に
は
落お
ち
着つ
い
て
いる
よう
に
見み
える
。
His attitude appears calm on the surface.
Inner growth is more important than outward change.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 内ない 面めん 的てき 内面的 means 'inner' or 'internal', referring to psychological or spiritual aspects, while 外面的 refers to external or surface aspects.
表ひょう 面めん 的てき 表面的 also means 'superficial' or 'surface-level', but is more common and often carries a negative nuance of shallowness, whereas 外面的 is more neutral and simply contrasts with inner aspects.
Etymology Compound of 外面 (がいめん, 'external surface') + 的 (てき, '-like, -al'). The word follows a common pattern of forming adjectival nouns from nouns with 的.
