最終的|さいしゅうてきsaishuuteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivefinal; eventual; ultimate
    われわれは最終的さいしゅうてき決定けっていを行おこなった。↗
    We've made a final decision.
Conjugation
Plain form最終的(さいしゅうてき)
Polite (desu)最終的です(さいしゅうてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)最終的ではない(さいしゅうてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)最終的ではありません(さいしゅうてきではありません)
Past (datta)最終的だった(さいしゅうてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)最終的ではなかった(さいしゅうてきではなかった)
Te form (de)最終的で(さいしゅうてきで)
Adverbial (ni)最終的に(さいしゅうてきに)
Conditional (nara)最終的なら(さいしゅうてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym決定的けっていてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means decisive, settling a matter once and for all, as in 「決定的な証拠」; 「最終的」 simply marks the final stage of a process.
  • Related究極的きゅうきょくてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Points to the ultimate, most fundamental level of ideals or goals; 「最終的」 is about coming last in a process of time.
  • Antonym暫定的ざんていてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means provisional or tentative, in force only for the time being; the opposite of 「最終的」, which points to a final, settled outcome.
  • Antonym最初のNeutralNeutral. Means 'first, initial'; the starting point that stands opposite to the final 「最終的」.

Use 「最終的」 for the last stage of a process or the final result, as in 「最終的に決まる」 and 「最終的な判断」. For something decisive use 「決定的」, for the ultimate level 「究極的」; the opposites are 「暫定的」 and 「最初の」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 最後さいごの段階だんかいにあるさま。結果けっかや結論けつろん、決着けっちゃくなどと関かかわるさま。
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