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退廃的 (たいはいてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
na-adjective
degenerate ; decadent ; corrupt
Describes moral, cultural, or artistic decline; often used for societies, lifestyles, or art that has lost vitality and become self-indulgent or corrupt.
退たい 廃はい 的てき な 生せい 活かつ を 送おく っ て いる と 、 健けん 康こう を 害がい する よ 。
If you lead a degenerate lifestyle, you'll ruin your health.
Kanji 退 retreat, withdraw, retire 廃 abolish, obsolete, cessation 的 bull's eye, mark, target Similar words 退たい 廃はい 退廃 is the noun 'degeneration' or 'decadence'; 退廃的 is the adjectival form meaning 'degenerate' or 'decadent'.
堕だ 落らく 堕落 focuses on moral corruption or falling into depravity, often personal; 退廃的 emphasizes cultural or aesthetic decline.
Etymology Formed from 退廃 (たいはい, 'degeneration, decadence') + the adjectival suffix 的 (てき, '-like, -ic'). 退廃 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 退 (retreat, decline) and 廃 (abandon, become obsolete).
