対照的|たいしょうてきtaishouteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivecontrastive
    その絵えはこの絵えとは対照的たいしょうてきにカラフルだ。↗
    The picture is colorful in contrast with this one.
Conjugation
Plain form対照的(たいしょうてき)
Polite (desu)対照的です(たいしょうてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)対照的ではない(たいしょうてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)対照的ではありません(たいしょうてきではありません)
Past (datta)対照的だった(たいしょうてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)対照的ではなかった(たいしょうてきではなかった)
Te form (de)対照的で(たいしょうてきで)
Adverbial (ni)対照的に(たいしょうてきに)
Conditional (nara)対照的なら(たいしょうてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related対比的たいひてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on comparing two or more things side by side to bring out differences or features, while 「対照的」 stresses that the differences are striking.
  • Antonym類似的WrittenWritten/formal prose. Means 'similar' — the opposite of 「対照的」, which highlights sharp differences.
  • Antonym同一的WrittenWritten/formal prose. Means 'identical' — the opposite of the strongly contrastive 「対照的」.

Use 「対照的」 when two things differ sharply and form a contrast, as in 「対照的な性格」「対照的な結果」. For comparing things, use 「対比的」; its opposites are 「類似的」 and 「同一的」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 性質せいしつの違ちがいが際立きわだっているさま。
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