How to say "regional" in Japanese

• リージョナル
  na-adjectiveThe katakana borrowing of regional. Use it where the English term itself would feel at home, such as business or administrative contexts; it reads as a loanword rather than a native adjective.
• 地域的ちいきてき
  na-adjectiveThe default choice for the ordinary sense of regional: relating to a particular region or area, as when features or conditions differ from one region to another. It can also express the general sense local.
• 局地的きょくちてき
  na-adjectiveDespite matching regional, this is seldom the word you want for that sense: it really means localized, confined to a small area, as with rain, a distribution, or an outbreak limited to one spot.
  局地的きょくちてきな大雨おおあめだったらしいけど、行いかなくて正解せいかいだったよ。↗

  I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.

Choose 地域的 for the ordinary sense of relating to a region; use 「リージョナル」 where the katakana loanword fits, as in business or administrative contexts; reserve 局地的 for things confined to a small area, not the general regional meaning.

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• リージョナルregional
• 地域的ちいきてきregional
• 局地的きょくちてきlocal (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.)