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好意的 (kouiteki) Japanese meaning: favorable | Kotomora
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的てき
な
反はん
応のう
を
示しめ
し
た
。
He showed a favorable response to my proposal.
The teacher answered the students' questions sympathetically.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 好こう 意い 的てき だ to be favorably disposed toward someone
He was well-disposed toward his new colleague.
〈 事こと 〉 を 好こう 意い 的てき に 受う け 止と める to take something positively / in a favorable light
Many readers took the remark favorably.
〈 事こと 〉 を 好こう 意い 的てき に 解かい 釈しゃく する to interpret something charitably / in a favorable way
〈 人ひと 〉 が 好こう 意い 的てき な 反はん 応のう を 示しめ す someone shows a favorable reaction
Kanji 好 fond, pleasing, like something 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 友好的 describes a friendly, amicable relationship or attitude between parties, while 好意的 focuses on one side's positive, approving feeling toward someone or something.
好ましい means 'desirable' or 'pleasing' in a general sense, often describing things or situations, while 好意的 specifically describes a favorable attitude or disposition toward someone or something.
Opposites 批判的 describes a critical, disapproving attitude, the opposite of the approving, warm attitude expressed by 好意的.
敵対的 describes a hostile, antagonistic stance, contrasting with the friendly, supportive stance of 好意的.
Etymology Compound of 好意 (こうい, 'goodwill, favor') + 的 (てき, '-like, -ive').
I decided to interpret her silence charitably.
The audience showed a favorable reaction to the film.
