How to say "systemic" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- na-adjectiveA katakana loanword for 'systemic' in the sense of problems or risks rooted in a system as a whole; found chiefly in academic, financial and journalistic writing rather than everyday speech.
- 全身性ぜんしんせいno-adjectiveThe medical sense of 'systemic': describing a disease, symptom or condition that affects the whole body rather than a single part or organ; the natural choice in medical contexts.
- 制度的せいどてきna-adjectiveCovers 'systemic' in the social or political sense — built into institutions or the structure of society, as with discrimination or reform; it has no medical use.
- システム的システムてきna-adjectiveA loose, somewhat ad hoc coinage meaning 'system-like'; of its two glosses, 'systematic' is often the closer fit, and as a rendering of 'systemic' it is seldom the word you want.
- 全身ぜんしんprenominal modifierReally the plain noun 'the whole body'; it corresponds to 'systemic' only in medical phrasing about the body as a whole, and it is not itself an adjective — use 全身性 for the adjectival sense.
For the medical 'affecting the whole body' use 全身性; for institutional or social-structure senses use 制度的; 「システミック」 is the katakana loanword of academic and journalistic prose; 「システム的」 and 全身 are marginal as translations.
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