建設的|けんせつてきkensetsuteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectiveconstructive
    彼女かのじょが建設的けんせつてきな構想こうそうを持もつ。↗
    She has constructive ideas.
Conjugation
Plain form建設的(けんせつてき)
Polite (desu)建設的です(けんせつてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)建設的ではない(けんせつてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)建設的ではありません(けんせつてきではありません)
Past (datta)建設的だった(けんせつてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)建設的ではなかった(けんせつてきではなかった)
Te form (de)建設的で(けんせつてきで)
Adverbial (ni)建設的に(けんせつてきに)
Conditional (nara)建設的なら(けんせつてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedポジティブCasualColloquial loanword for being positive and optimistic, as in 「ポジティブ思考」; 「建設的」 is about helping move things toward improvement.
  • Related積極的せっきょくてきNeutralMeans being proactive and taking the initiative, as in 「積極的に発言」; 「建設的」 describes opinions or proposals that help improve things.
  • Related創造的そうぞうてきWrittenWritten/formal prose for being creative, as in 「創造的な仕事」; 「建設的」 is about pushing things toward improvement instead.
  • Antonym破壊的はかいてきWrittenWritten/formal prose for destructive, as in 「破壊的な威力」; opposite of 「建設的」 in terms of building versus destroying.
  • Antonym否定的ひていてきNeutralMeans negative and opposed, as in 「否定的な意見」; it stands in contrast to 「建設的」.
  • Antonym非建設的NeutralMeans lacking in constructiveness and doing nothing to help improvement; the direct opposite of 「建設的」.

Use 「建設的」 for opinions or proposals that help push improvement forward, as in 「建設的な意見」「建設的な議論」. For a positive, optimistic attitude use 「ポジティブ」; for taking the initiative use 「積極的」. The opposites are 「否定的」 and 「破壊的」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとを打ち建うちたてたり、良よい方向ほうこうへもっていこうとするさま。
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