JLPT N2 · な-adjective

消極的 (shoukyokuteki)

消極的 (しょうきょくてき, shoukyokuteki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “negative; passive”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しょうきょくてき
Romaji
shoukyokuteki
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated · な-adjective

Example sentences

警察が医療事故の立件に消極的だ。
The police are reluctant to pursue criminal charges in medical cases.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 消極的

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)消極的だしょうきょくてきだ shoukyokutekida
Present (polite)消極的ですしょうきょくてきです shoukyokutekidesu
Negative消極的じゃないしょうきょくてきじゃない shoukyokutekijanai
Past消極的だったしょうきょくてきだった shoukyokutekidatta
Negative past消極的じゃなかったしょうきょくてきじゃなかった shoukyokutekijanakatta
Te-form消極的でしょうきょくてきで shoukyokutekide
Before a noun消極的なしょうきょくてきな shoukyokutekina
Adverb (~ni)消極的にしょうきょくてきに shoukyokutekini

Kanji in 消極的

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 消極的.

Source: JMdict entry 1350220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.