国際的|こくさいてきkokusaiteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectiveinternational; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
    麻薬まやく汚染おせんの問題もんだいは国際的こくさいてきである。↗
    The drug problem is international.
Conjugation
Plain form国際的(こくさいてき)
Polite (desu)国際的です(こくさいてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)国際的ではない(こくさいてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)国際的ではありません(こくさいてきではありません)
Past (datta)国際的だった(こくさいてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)国際的ではなかった(こくさいてきではなかった)
Te form (de)国際的で(こくさいてきで)
Adverbial (ni)国際的に(こくさいてきに)
Conditional (nara)国際的なら(こくさいてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymインターナショナルNeutralLoanword for international, used mostly in school and institution names such as 「インターナショナルスクール」; 「国際的」 is the more general term.
  • Synonym世界的せかいてきNeutralCovers worldwide scale and world fame, as in 「世界的な名声」; 「国際的」 focuses on relations between countries.
  • SynonymグローバルNeutralLoanword meaning global, with a business and economics leaning as in 「グローバル企業」; 「国際的」 is the more general term.
  • SynonymワールドワイドNeutralLoanword for spanning the whole world, seen mainly in business and media; 「国際的」 stresses ties between countries and is more general.
  • Antonym国内的こくないてきNeutralAntonym: confined to matters inside one's own country; it stands opposite 「国際的」 in domestic-versus-international contrasts.

Use 「国際的」 for things involving relations between countries, as in 「国際的な会議」. For world fame use 「世界的」, for economic globalization 「グローバル」, for institution names 「インターナショナル」; the antonym is 「国内的」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとが多おおくの国くにに関係かんけいしたり世界的せかいてきな規模きぼであったりする様さま。
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