形けい而じ下か

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

physical; material; concrete

Philosophical term contrasting with 形而上 (metaphysical). Refers to things that have form and can be perceived by the senses; the tangible, empirical world.

• 形けい而じ下かの世せ界かいを研けん究きゅうするのが自し然ぜん科か学がくだ。

  Natural science studies the physical world.

• 彼かれの議ぎ論ろんは形けい而じ下かの問もん題だいに終しゅう始しした。

  His argument remained focused on material concerns.