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現実的 (げんじつてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

現げん実じつ的てき

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Common word›JLPTN3›

Meanings

1

realistic; pragmatic

Describes ideas, plans, or people that are grounded in reality and practical considerations, not just ideals.

彼かれの提てい案あんは現げん実じつ的てきではない

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His proposal is not realistic.

もっと現げん実じつ的てきな目もく標ひょうを立たてよう。

Let's set a more realistic goal.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を現げん実じつ的てきに考かんがえるto think about something realistically
将しょう来らいのことをもう少すこし現げん実じつ的てきに考かんがえたほうがいい。
You should think a bit more realistically about your future.
現げん実じつ的てきな〈事こと〉a realistic (plan, solution, etc.)
彼かれはもっと現げん実じつ的てきな解かい決けつ策さくを提てい案あんした。
He proposed a more realistic solution.
現げん実じつ的てきではないto be unrealistic
その計けい画かくは現げん実じつ的てきではないと思おもう。
I think that plan is unrealistic.
もっと現げん実じつ的てきになるto become more realistic/pragmatic
彼かれは年としを取とってもっと現げん実じつ的てきになった。
He became more realistic as he got older.

Kanji

現present, existing, actual
実reality, truth, seed
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words· 6

実じっ際さい的てき
実際的 stresses hands-on practicality and application, while 現実的 focuses on being grounded in and feasible within reality.
実じつ用よう的てきN1
実用的 means 'useful/functional for practical purposes' (e.g. a design), while 現実的 means 'realistic' about ideas, plans, or attitudes.
実じっ践せん的てきN1
現実的 means being realistic or practical about dealing with actual circumstances, whereas 実践的 focuses specifically on knowledge or skills gained through practice.
実じっ質しつ的てき
現実的 means 'realistic/pragmatic' and describes an attitude or approach, while 実質的 focuses on what is actually the case beneath a nominal surface.

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リアルN1
現実的 stresses being practical or grounded in reality, whereas リアル focuses on something looking or feeling genuine and lifelike.
ドライN1
現実的 means realistic or pragmatic in approach, while ドライ specifically implies a lack of emotional involvement or sentimentality, which can sound colder than 現実的.

Opposites

理り想そう的てきN3
理想的 describes something ideal or perfect in principle, while 現実的 describes something grounded in practical reality.
センチメンタル
現実的 describes a practical, unsentimental way of thinking, the opposite of the overly emotional mood suggested by センチメンタル.
シュール
現実的 describes something realistic and grounded, the opposite of シュール's dreamlike, strangely unreal quality.

Don't confuse with

実じっ質しつ的てき
実質的 means 'substantial, in effect/practice' (focusing on actual content vs. form), whereas 現実的 means 'realistic, practical-minded' about plans or attitudes.

Built from

現げん実じつ+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 現実 (reality) + 的 (-like, -ic), forming an adjectival noun meaning 'realistic'.

ロマンチック

N1

現実的 means practical or realistic, the opposite of the idealized, dreamy quality expressed by ロマンチック.