専門的|せんもんてきsenmonteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivetechnical; specialist; professional; exclusive
    英語えいごを教おしえることが彼かれの専門的せんもんてき職業しょくぎょうです。↗
    Teaching English is his profession.
Conjugation
Plain form専門的(せんもんてき)
Polite (desu)専門的です(せんもんてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)専門的ではない(せんもんてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)専門的ではありません(せんもんてきではありません)
Past (datta)専門的だった(せんもんてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)専門的ではなかった(せんもんてきではなかった)
Te form (de)専門的で(せんもんてきで)
Adverbial (ni)専門的に(せんもんてきに)
Conditional (nara)専門的なら(せんもんてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymプロフェッショナルNeutralLoanword stressing professional standards and expertise; also means a professional person. 「専門的」 instead points to knowledge of a particular field.
  • SynonymテクニカルNeutralNeutral loanword stressing technique and skill, as in 「テクニカルな問題」; mostly used for technical topics.
  • Related職業的しょくぎょうてきWrittenA written/formal word for something done as one's profession; 「専門的」 stresses that the content requires specialized knowledge.
  • Antonym一般的いっぱんてきNeutralAntonym meaning general or common, not tied to any particular field — the opposite of 「専門的」, which concerns a specific field.
  • Antonym素人的NeutralAntonym meaning amateur or layman-level; opposes 「専門的」 only on the professional-versus-amateur axis and carries a pejorative layman nuance.

Default to 「専門的」 for content that requires specialized knowledge of a field. Use 「プロフェッショナル」 when stressing professional standards or a professional person. The opposites are 「一般的」 (general, not field-specific) and 「素人的」 (amateurish).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 特定とくていの分野ぶんやに特とくに関かかわりのあるさま。
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