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形式的 (keishikiteki) Japanese meaning: formal | Kotomora
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、
心こころ
は
伝つた
わら
ない
。
A merely formal greeting doesn't convey your true feelings.
The meeting was nothing more than a formality.
Usage patterns 形けい 式しき 的てき な 〈 事こと 〉 a merely formal/perfunctory (thing, procedure, etc.)
That's nothing more than a formality.
〈 事こと 〉 を 形けい 式しき 的てき に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something as a mere formality
The meeting was held only as a formality.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 表面的 stresses that something is only on the surface or superficial, whereas 形式的 stresses that it follows a fixed procedure or format without sincerity.
事務的 describes a businesslike, mechanical attitude in dealing with people, while 形式的 focuses on following the required form of a procedure.
おざなり is a more colloquial word for a careless, half-hearted way of doing something, while 形式的 is a more neutral, formal-register term for lacking substance behind proper form.
Etymology From 形式 (form, formality) + 的 (-like, -ish).
