Usage patterns 精せい 神しん 的てき に 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 mentally/psychologically [adjective]
He is a mentally strong person.
精せい 神しん 的てき な 〈 物もの 〉 emotional/mental [thing]
Having family is an emotional support.
精せい 神しん 的てき な 負ふ 担たん がかかる to be under mental strain/burden
I'm under mental strain due to work stress.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 精せい 神しん 的てき に 支ささ える to support someone emotionally
My friend supported me emotionally.
精せい 神しん 的てき なダメージを 受う ける to suffer psychological damage
I suffered psychological damage from the accident.
精せい 神しん 的てき に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to become mentally/psychologically [verb]
I'm mentally exhausted from overtime every day.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 心理的 refers narrowly to psychological processes or states in a clinical or analytical sense, while 精神的 is broader and covers mental, emotional, and even spiritual aspects in everyday speech.
メンタル is a casual loanword often used in spoken Japanese and sports/self-help contexts, while 精神的 is the standard written and spoken adjective for mental or emotional matters.
精神的 is the general word for 'mental/psychological', while スピリチュアル specifically evokes New Age or soul-related spirituality.
Opposites· 5 肉体的 describes the physical or bodily side of something, directly contrasting with 精神的 , which describes the mental or emotional side.
身体的 refers to the body in a more medical or physiological sense and is often paired against 精神的 when discussing health or symptoms.
精神的 describes something mental or spiritual, directly contrasting with 物理的 , which describes something tangible or physical.
Show 2 more Show fewer 物質的 describes physical or material things, while 精神的 describes mental or spiritual matters, and the two are often paired as opposites.
物的 refers to tangible, material aspects, while 精神的 refers to mental or spiritual aspects, and the two are often paired in contrast (物的損害 vs 精神的損害 ).
Etymology Compound of 精神 (seishin, 'mind, spirit') + 的 (-teki, '-like, -al'), forming an adjectival noun meaning 'mental' or 'spiritual'. The suffix 的 is a productive Sino-Japanese morpheme used to create adjectives from nouns.
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