抜本的|ばっぽんてきbapponteki

1. na-adjectivedrastic; radical
   システム全体ぜんたいを抜本的ばっぽんてきに変かえなければ、この欠点けってんを克服こくふくすることは困難こんなんである。↗

   It is difficult to overcome this shortcoming without drastically changing the whole system.

• Synonym根本的こんぽんてきNeutralRefers to something relating to the root or basics, as in 「根本的な問題」; 「抜本的」 stresses thorough reform from the roots, as in 「抜本的な改革」「抜本的対策」.
• Related本質的ほんしつてきNeutralConcerns the essence of a matter, as in 「本質的な違い」; 「抜本的」 centers on thoroughgoing measures of change.
• RelatedファンダメンタルNeutralA loanword for basic or fundamental; seldom used on its own — in economics one speaks of 「ファンダメンタルズ」. In everyday speech 「根本的」 is the natural choice.
• Related第一義的だいいちぎてきWrittenWritten/formal prose for what is primary or fundamental in the most basic sense; 「抜本的」 is about thorough reform.
• Antonym表面的ひょうめんてきNeutralStays on the surface without reaching the root — the direct opposite of 「抜本的」.

Use 「抜本的」 for drastic reform or countermeasures taken from the roots, as in 「抜本的な改革」. For what lies at the root of a problem choose 「根本的」, for what concerns the essence 「本質的」, and for what stays at the surface 「表面的」.

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1. 根本こんぽんに立ち返たちかえり改あらためること。