JLPT N1 · な-adjective

先天的 (sententeki)

先天的 (せんてんてき, sententeki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “inborn; innate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: せんてんてき
Romaji: sententeki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary · な-adjective
a priori · な-adjective

Example sentences

その習慣は後天的で、先天的なものではない。

That habit is acquired, not innate.

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

Conjugation of 先天的

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	先天的だ	せんてんてきだ sententekida
Present (polite)	先天的です	せんてんてきです sententekidesu
Negative	先天的じゃない	せんてんてきじゃない sententekijanai
Past	先天的だった	せんてんてきだった sententekidatta
Negative past	先天的じゃなかった	せんてんてきじゃなかった sententekijanakatta
Te-form	先天的で	せんてんてきで sententekide
Before a noun	先天的な	せんてんてきな sententekina
Adverb (~ni)	先天的に	せんてんてきに sententekini

Kanji in 先天的

先

before, ahead, previousセン・さき・ま.ず · 6 strokes

天

heavens, sky, imperialテン・あまつ・あめ · 4 strokes

的

bull's eye, mark, targetテキ・まと · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 先天的.

先さきpoint先月せんげつlast month先週せんしゅうlast week先生せんせいteacher先輩せんぱいsenior (at school, work, etc.)先日せんじつthe other day先行せんこうgoing ahead先程さきほどa short while ago先祖せんぞancestor先端せんたんpointed end先頭せんとうhead (of a line, group, etc.)祖先そせんancestorお先におさきにbefore真っ先まっさきthe head

Source: JMdict entry 1388200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.