実際的|じっさいてきjissaiteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivepractical; realistic; pragmatic
    あなたの考かんがえはとても実際的じっさいてきとはいえない。↗
    Your ideas are hardly practical.
Conjugation
Plain form実際的(じっさいてき)
Polite (desu)実際的です(じっさいてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)実際的ではない(じっさいてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)実際的ではありません(じっさいてきではありません)
Past (datta)実際的だった(じっさいてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)実際的ではなかった(じっさいてきではなかった)
Te form (de)実際的で(じっさいてきで)
Adverbial (ni)実際的に(じっさいてきに)
Conditional (nara)実際的なら(じっさいてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym現実的げんじつてきNeutralClosest in meaning: focuses on what is feasible under real conditions. More common than 「実際的」 in everyday speech.
  • Synonym実用的じつようてきNeutralFocuses on things being useful and handy; mostly describes objects and tools rather than plans or ideas.
  • Synonym実践的じっせんてきWrittenWritten and formal. Focuses on being usable in actual practice, as in 「実践的な英語」.
  • Related具体的ぐたいてきNeutralMeans concrete and specific — detailed content, the opposite of abstract; it says nothing about feasibility.
  • RelatedリアルCasualColloquial loanword for real or lifelike — how true something is to reality; 「実際的」 is about practical workability.
  • Antonym理想的りそうてきNeutralAntonym: ideal — what one wishes for, as opposed to what is actually workable.
  • Antonym理論的りろんてきWrittenAntonym: theoretical — grounded in theory rather than practical use; the direct opposite of 「実際的」.

Use 「実際的」 in written or formal prose for what avoids empty theory and actually works, as in 「実際的な方法」. In everyday speech 「現実的」 and 「実用的」 are more common. The opposite is 「理論的」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 理論りろんではなく、現実げんじつに役立やくだつこと、または現実げんじつに即そくしていること。
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