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封建的 (ほうけんてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

封ほう建けん的てき

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Common word›JLPTN1›

Meanings

1

feudal; feudalistic

Describes social systems, attitudes, or practices characteristic of feudalism, often with a critical or historical nuance.

彼かれの考かんがえ方かたは封ほう建けん的てきだ。
His way of thinking is feudalistic.

封ほう建けん的てきな社しゃ会かいでは身み分ぶんが固こ定ていされていた。

In a feudal society, social status was fixed.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が封ほう建けん的てきだfor something (a system, attitude, etc.) to be feudalistic
この会かい社しゃの体たい質しつはいまだに封ほう建けん的てきだ。
This company's culture is still feudalistic.
封ほう建けん的てきな考かんがえ方かたa feudalistic way of thinking
彼かれは封ほう建けん的てきな考かんがえ方かたを持もっている。
He has a feudalistic way of thinking.
封ほう建けん的てきな制せい度どa feudal system
江え戸ど時じ代だいには封ほう建けん的てきな制せい度どが続つづいていた。
During the Edo period, a feudal system continued.

Kanji

封seal, closing
建build
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

前ぜん近きん代だい的てき
前近代的 means 'premodern' in a broad sense, while 封建的 specifically points to feudal-style hierarchy and loyalty structures.
保ほ守しゅ的てきN1
保守的 means 'conservative' in general attitudes or politics, while 封建的 more narrowly criticizes feudal-style hierarchy and outdated authority structures.

Opposites

民みん主しゅ的てき
封建的 describes rigid, hierarchical social attitudes or systems, while 民主的 describes equal, participatory ones — the two are often contrasted directly.
近きん代だい的てき
封建的 evokes old, feudal-era social structures, whereas 近代的 evokes modern, rationalized ones.

Don't confuse with

封ほう建けんN1
封建 is the noun for 'feudalism/the feudal system' itself, while 封建的 is the na-adjective used to describe something as feudal or feudalistic.

Built from

封ほう建けん+的てき

Etymology

Derived from 封建 (feudalism) + the adjectival suffix 的 (-tic, -like).