象徴的|しょうちょうてきshouchouteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivesymbolic; symbolical
Conjugation
Plain form象徴的(しょうちょうてき)
Polite (desu)象徴的です(しょうちょうてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)象徴的ではない(しょうちょうてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)象徴的ではありません(しょうちょうてきではありません)
Past (datta)象徴的だった(しょうちょうてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)象徴的ではなかった(しょうちょうてきではなかった)
Te form (de)象徴的で(しょうちょうてきで)
Adverbial (ni)象徴的に(しょうちょうてきに)
Conditional (nara)象徴的なら(しょうちょうてきなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymシンボリックNeutralA loanword for something that carries symbolic meaning, as in 「シンボリックな存在」. The Sino-Japanese 「象徴的」 is more common.
  • Antonym具体的ぐたいてきNeutralConcrete and tangible; stands opposite the abstract, symbolic 「象徴的」.
  • Antonym直接的ちょくせつてきNeutralDirect, with nothing in between; the opposite of the indirect, symbolic 「象徴的」.

Use 「象徴的」 for something that symbolizes a meaning, as in 「象徴的な出来事」 or 「象徴的存在」; 「シンボリック」 is the loanword alternative, while 「具体的」 and 「直接的」 are its opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある物事ものごとを象徴しょうちょうとするさま。
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