間接的|かんせつてきkansetsuteki

1. na-adjectiveindirect
   そのクーデターの間接かんせつ的てきな情報じょうほうしか得えていない。↗

   We only have secondhand information of the coup.

• SynonymインダイレクトNeutralA loanword meaning the same as 「間接的」, but used very rarely; in both everyday speech and writing, 「間接的」 is the usual choice.
• Related暗にあんにWrittenA written-register adverb for expressing something without stating it openly, as in 「暗に批判する」; 「間接的」 broadly covers anything mediated, not just speech.
• Related婉曲えんきょくWrittenA written-register word for euphemistic, roundabout wording, as in 「婉曲な表現」; limited to language, while 「間接的」 extends to mediated influence, relations and more.
• Related遠まわしとおまわしNeutralRefers to talking in a roundabout way instead of stating things point-blank, as in 「遠回しに断る」; it is limited to how you speak, while 「間接的」 covers much more.
• Antonym直接的ちょくせつてきNeutralThe exact opposite: something acts or applies without any intermediary, as in 「直接的な原因」; it stands in direct contrast to 「間接的」.

Use 「間接的」 as the default for anything done through an intermediary rather than directly, e.g. 「間接的な影響」. For euphemistic wording choose 「婉曲」, for roundabout speech 「遠回し」, for hinting without saying 「暗に」; 「直接的」 is its antonym.

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