画かっ期き的てき

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

na-adjective

groundbreaking; revolutionary; epoch-making

Describes something that marks a major turning point or opens a new era; often used for inventions, discoveries, or policies.

この発はつ明めいは画かっ期き的てきだ。
This invention is groundbreaking.
画かっ期き的てきな治ち療りょう法ほうが開かい発はつされた。
A revolutionary treatment has been developed.

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Usage patterns

画かっ期き的てきな発はつ明めいa groundbreaking invention
この装そう置ちは医い療りょう分ぶん野やにおける画かっ期き的てきな発はつ明めいだと言いわれている。
This device is said to be a groundbreaking invention in the medical field.
画かっ期き的てきな発はっ見けんa groundbreaking discovery
科か学がく者しゃたちは画かっ期き的てきな発はっ見けんをしたと発はっ表ぴょうした。
The scientists announced that they had made a groundbreaking discovery.
画かっ期き的てきな技ぎ術じゅつa revolutionary technology
この会かい社しゃは画かっ期き的てきな技ぎ術じゅつを開かい発はつして業ぎょう界かいを変かえた。
This company developed a revolutionary technology that transformed the industry.
画かっ期き的てきな出で来き事ごとan epoch-making event
その条じょう約やくの締てい結けつは歴れき史しにおける画かっ期き的てきな出で来き事ごとだった。
The signing of that treaty was an epoch-making event in history.

Kanji

画brush-stroke, picture
期period, time, date
的bull's eye, mark, target
劃divide

Related words

革かく命めい的てきN1
革命的 emphasizes radical, often political or social, transformation, while 画期的 focuses on being the first of its kind or opening a new era.
先せん駆く的てき
先駆的 stresses being ahead of others as a pioneer, whereas 画期的 highlights the novelty and impact of the achievement itself.
革かく新しん的てきN1
革新的 describes reforming or improving on existing methods, while 画期的 implies a decisive break that starts a whole new era.
歴れき史し的てきN1
画期的 describes something groundbreaking or innovative regardless of historical timing, while 歴史的 (in its 'historic' sense) stresses lasting importance within the flow of history.
飛ひ躍やく的てきN1
画期的 focuses on something being groundbreaking or epoch-making in nature, while 飛躍的 focuses on the scale and speed of improvement or growth.

Built from

画かっ期き+的てき

Written forms

画かっ期き的てき
Standard modern spelling.
劃かっ期き的てき
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 劃 is an older variant of 画.

Etymology

Formed from 画期, “the marking off of a new epoch,” and the adjectival suffix 的. It therefore denotes something significant enough to inaugurate a new period.