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感情的 (kanjouteki) Japanese meaning: emotional | Kotomora
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He tends to get emotional easily.
Let's discuss this calmly without getting emotional.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 感かん 情じょう 的てき になる for someone to become emotional
He always gets emotional whenever that topic comes up.
感かん 情じょう 的てき な 態たい 度ど an emotional attitude/manner
She ended up taking an emotional attitude in the meeting.
感かん 情じょう 的てき にならずに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something without getting emotional
Let's discuss this calmly, without getting emotional.
Kanji 感 emotion, feeling, sensation 情 feelings, emotion, passion 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 感傷的 describes a wistful, nostalgic sadness, while 感情的 covers any strong emotional reaction, including anger or excitement.
情緒的 describes a mood or atmosphere rich in feeling, often used neutrally or positively, while 感情的 usually implies a lack of calm self-control.
感情的 broadly means 'emotional' and can be calm or intense, while ヒステリック specifically implies uncontrolled, panicky agitation.
Opposites· 5 冷静 describes calm, composed judgment, the opposite of being 感情的 and swayed by feelings.
理性的 describes acting on reason and logic, directly opposed to 感情的 behavior driven by feelings.
感情的 describes reactions driven by emotion rather than reason, the natural contrast to 論理的 which describes reasoning based on clear logic.
Show 2 more Etymology Formed from 感情 (emotion) + the adjectival suffix 的 (-like, -al).
淡たん 々たん
感情的 describes reacting with strong emotion, the direct opposite of 淡々's calm, unmoved manner.
感情的 means driven by emotion, the direct opposite of the dispassionate rationality expressed by 冷徹.
