How to say "intensive" in Japanese

• インテンシブ
  na-adjectiveA loanword for intensive. Being less common, it is seldom the word you want in ordinary use; you will mainly encounter it in specialist fields that keep the English term.
  労働ろうどう集約しゅうやく・資本しほん集約しゅうやくを超こえて、時代じだいはナレッジ・インテンシブへと大おおきくシフトしている。↗

  Surpassing labour intensive, capital intensive, the age has shifted greatly to knowledge intensive.
• 集約的しゅうやくてき
  na-adjectiveIntensive in the sense of concentrating resources or effort rather than spreading them out — the consolidating kind of intensive. It is less common, turning up mostly in economic or agricultural contexts.
• 集中的しゅうちゅうてき
  na-adjectiveLess common but the most versatile of the three, it is the word to reach for when intensive means concentrated or focused: effort, study, or measures aimed at one target.

When intensive means concentrated or focused effort, 集中的 is the word to reach for; 集約的 suits intensive as consolidating resources; the loanword 「インテンシブ」 is less common and rarely the best choice.

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• インテンシブintensive
• 集約的しゅうやくてきintensive
• 集中的しゅうちゅうてきintensive