Usage patterns 私し 的てき な 〈 事こと 〉 a personal/private matter
I can't attend the meeting due to personal circumstances.
〈 物もの 〉 を 私し 的てき に 使し 用よう する to use something for private/personal purposes
Using company equipment for personal purposes is prohibited.
私し 的てき に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something privately/on a personal level
I never meet with him privately outside of work.
私し 的てき と 公こう 的てき を 分わ ける to separate private matters from public/official ones
She carefully distinguishes between private and public matters.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 個人的 emphasizes an individual's personal viewpoint or opinion (個人的な意見 ), while 私的 emphasizes the private/non-public nature of matters, property, or activities, often contrasted with 公的 .
プライベート is a casual loanword used for personal time or space, while 私的 is more formal and typically appears in written or official contexts.
私的 means personal or individual, while 民間 refers to the non-governmental sector as a whole rather than to a single person's affairs.
私的 emphasizes that something is personal or private, whereas 非公式 emphasizes lack of official authorization even in a public context.
Opposites 公的 means public or official, referring to government, institutions, or communal matters, the direct opposite of 私的 which refers to personal, individual matters.
私的 is the native Japanese word for 'private/personal,' contrasting with パブリック 's sense of open or shared.
私的 describes something personal or individual, contrasting with 公共 which describes something belonging to or used by the whole community.
Don't confuse with 私立 describes privately-run institutions like schools or hospitals, whereas 私的 describes personal, non-official matters or activities; they are not interchangeable despite both translating as 'private'.
私的 is an adjectival word meaning 'personal/private' on its own, whereas 公私 refers to the public-private distinction as a single concept.
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private monopolization; private monopoly
private consulting group; private panel
Etymology Compound of 私 (private, personal) and the suffix 的 (-like, -al), forming an adjectival noun. The suffix 的 is a productive Sino-Japanese element used to create adjectives from nouns.
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