国民的|こくみんてきkokuminteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivenational (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
    この建物たてものは国民的こくみんてき遺産いさんとして保存ほぞんすべきだ。↗
    This building should be kept as a national heritage.
Conjugation
Plain form国民的(こくみんてき)
Polite (desu)国民的です(こくみんてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)国民的ではない(こくみんてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)国民的ではありません(こくみんてきではありません)
Past (datta)国民的だった(こくみんてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)国民的ではなかった(こくみんてきではなかった)
Te form (de)国民的で(こくみんてきで)
Adverbial (ni)国民的に(こくみんてきに)
Conditional (nara)国民的なら(こくみんてきなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymナショナルNeutralLoanword meaning national or state-run, mostly used in names like 「ナショナルチーム」; 「国民的」 stresses being loved by the whole nation.
  • Synonym全国的ぜんこくてきNeutralRefers to something spread across the whole country; 「国民的」 means concerning all citizens, as in 「国民的アイドル」 or 「国民的議論」.
  • Related国家的こっかてきWrittenWritten/formal prose for matters at state level, so large the state must step in; 「国民的」 stays at the people's level.
  • Antonym個人的こじんてきNeutralConcerns a single individual, private rather than public; the opposite of the all-citizen scope of 「国民的」.
  • Antonym地方的NeutralLimited to a particular region; the opposite of the nationwide reach of 「国民的」.

Use 「国民的」 for things involving the whole nation or beloved nationwide, as in 「国民的英雄」 and 「国民的課題」. Choose 「全国的」 for reach across the country and 「国家的」 for state-level matters; 「個人的」 and 「地方的」 are the opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 国民こくみん全体ぜんたいに関連かんれんするさま。
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