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物理的 (butsuriteki) Japanese meaning: physical | Kotomora
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This problem is physically impossible.
Physical fatigue is easier to recover from than mental fatigue.
Usage patterns 物ぶつ 理り 的てき な 力ちから physical force
Physical force was needed to open the door.
物ぶつ 理り 的てき に 不ふ 可か 能のう だ to be physically impossible
It turned out the plan was physically impossible.
〈 物もの 〉 に 物ぶつ 理り 的てき な 影えい 響きょう を 与あた える to have a physical effect on something
物ぶつ 理り 的てき な 距きょ 離り physical distance
There was physical distance between the two of them.
Kanji 理 logic, arrangement, reason 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 身体的 narrows the meaning to the human body, while 物理的 covers matter, physics, and objects more broadly.
物質的 emphasizes material or economic substance (e.g. money, goods), whereas 物理的 focuses on physical laws, forces, or tangible objects in a more technical sense.
Opposites 精神的 describes something mental or spiritual, directly contrasting with 物理的, which describes something tangible or physical.
物理的 describes physical, tangible causes or effects, directly contrasting with 心理的, which describes mental or psychological ones.
Don't confuse with 物理 is the noun for 'physics' itself, while 物理的 is the adjectival form meaning 'physical' and cannot be used to mean the academic subject.
物質的 focuses on matter or material substance in a general sense, while 物理的 specifically refers to physical laws or mechanics.
物理的 means 'physical' in the sense of physics or tangible material reality, whereas 肉体的 specifically concerns the human body or flesh.
Etymology Compound of 物理 (physics, physical matter) + the adjectival suffix 的 (-like, -ical).
A strong impact has a physical effect on the building.
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物的 broadly means material or tangible (often legal/economic contexts like damages or evidence), while 物理的 specifically means physical in the scientific sense (forces, space, matter).
物ぶつ 理り 的てき 現げん 象しょう
physical forwarding prohibited; PD PR
