建設的|けんせつてきkensetsuteki
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- na-adjectiveconstructive
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.
- 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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