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機動的 (きどうてき, kidouteki) Japanese meaning: agile | Kotomora

機き動どう的てき

Meanings

1

agile; flexible; nimble; quick to respond

Often used in business or organizational contexts to describe the ability to adapt and act quickly. Can also describe a person's responsive attitude.

この会かい社しゃは機き動どう的てきな経けい営えいで知しられている。
This company is known for its agile management.

Kanji

機loom, mechanism, machine
動move, motion, change
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

機き動どう
機動的 is the natural adjectival form meaning flexible or quick to respond, whereas 機動 is normally used only as a noun or prefix in compounds like 機動隊.

Built from

彼かれ

は

機き

動どう

的てき

に

問もん

題だい

を

解かい

決けつ

し

た

。

He solved the problem in a nimble way.

機き動どう+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 機動 (kidō, 'maneuver' or 'mobile operation') and the adjectival suffix 的 (-teki, '-like'). The term likely gained its modern business sense from the concept of military or mechanical mobility.