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There’s been a few~な adjectives popping up in the vocab decks ending in ~てき, like:
じどうてき, じむてき, しょうきょくてき, じょせいてき
Is there any significance in the ~てき ending?
Any common thread or rule with such an ending? (other than being ~な adjectives)
Means “-style”. 日本的 = Japanese-style.
For your examples, 自動的 (じどうてき) = “self-moving-style”, 事務的 (じむてき) = “business-style”, 消極的 (しょうきょくてき) = “negative-style”, 女性的 (じょせいてき) = “woman-style”.
Of course, there’s much more fluid ways to word it in English than “X-style”, which is why they come out looking all different when you translate them.
Ah, very good. All clear.
Thank you.
オッパン・ガングナン的！
Heh.
I was hoping no one would say that Mister!
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