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自動的 (jidouteki) Japanese meaning: automatic | Kotomora

自じ動どう的てき

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Meanings

1

automatic; automatically

Describes something that happens or is done without conscious thought, human intervention, or deliberate decision. Often used as an adverb with に.

ドアが自じ動どう的てきに開ひらいた。

The door opened automatically.

彼かれは自じ動どう的てきにうなずいた。

He nodded automatically.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が自じ動どう的てきに更こう新しんされるfor something to be automatically updated/renewed
契けい約やくは自じ動どう的てきに更こう新しんされる。
The contract renews automatically.
自じ動どう的てきに〈物もの〉を保ほ存ぞんするto automatically save something
このアプリは自じ動どう的てきにデータを保ほ存ぞんする。
This app automatically saves the data.
自じ動どう的てきにログアウトするto be automatically logged out
一いっ定てい時じ間かんが経たつと自じ動どう的てきにログアウトします。
After a set period of time, you'll be automatically logged out.

Kanji

自oneself
動move, motion, change
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

機き械かい的てき
自動的 focuses on a process occurring without human decision, while 機械的 emphasizes doing something in a mechanical, unthinking way, sometimes describing human behavior too.
反はん射しゃ的てきN1
自動的 describes mechanical or systematic automation, while 反射的 describes an instinctive, unthinking human or animal reaction.
自じ動どうN3
自動的 is the adjective/adverb form meaning 'automatic(ally)', while 自動 is mainly used as a noun or in compounds like 自動ドア.
ひとりでにN2
自動的 is a formal, technical term for mechanical or systematic automation, whereas ひとりでに is more colloquial and can suggest something happening mysteriously on its own.

Opposites

手しゅ動どう
自動的 describes something happening without human intervention, while 手動 describes something operated manually by hand.

Don't confuse with

自じ動どうN3
自動 is the noun form meaning 'automatic' (as in 自動車), while 自動的 is the na-adjective/adverbial form describing the manner of doing something automatically.

Built from

自じ動どう+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 自動 (automatic, self-moving) + 的 (suffix forming adjectival nouns). The suffix 的 is commonly added to nouns to create na-adjectives meaning 'having the nature of' or 'in the manner of'.