How to say "racial" in Japanese

• 人種的じんしゅてき
  na-adjectiveCovers racial in the sense of relating to race, such as racial discrimination or prejudice. This is the word you will usually want when 'racial' contrasts with ethnic or national.
  黒人こくじんに対たいするひどい人種的じんしゅてき憎悪ぞうおはまだ存在そんざいしている。↗

  There is still serious racial hatred against black people.
• 人種上じんしゅじょう
  no-adjectiveAlso means racial in the race-based sense, but it is less common; it appears in formal written contexts, often meaning 'from a racial point of view'. Rarely the first word to reach for.
• 民族的みんぞくてき
  na-adjectivePrimarily means ethnic or national rather than racial. It fits 'racial' only when the reference is to a people or ethnic group's characteristics, not to race in the narrower sense.
  ここでは多様たような民族的みんぞくてき・経済的けいざいてき利害関係りがいかんけいがみられる。↗

  We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.
• 民族上みんぞくじょう
  no-adjectiveLikewise mainly ethnic in meaning, used in formal writing for matters concerning a people or ethnic group. It is seldom the word you want for ordinary senses of 'racial'.

人種的 is the usual choice for race-based matters; 人種上 is a narrower formal variant; 民族的 and 民族上 rather cover ethnic or national group matters, so use them only when 'racial' means ethnic.

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• 人種的じんしゅてきracial
• 人種上じんしゅじょうracial
• 民族的みんぞくてきethnic
• 民族上みんぞくじょうethnic