Meaning of 受動的(じゅどうてき) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 受動的

Kana Reading じゅどうてき

Romaji judōteki

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Meaning

passive

Example Sentences

受動的, じゅどうてき used in context

彼女(かのじょ)はロマンティックになっていたので、人間(にんげん)はどこであれどこか片隅(かたすみ)に住む(すむ)べきところを見つけ(みつける)、その周り(まわり)に自分(じぶん)の全人生(ぜんじんせい)を整えて(ととのえる)いくべきだということを受け入れる(うけいれる)ような(ざま)受動的な(じゅどうてき)精神状態(せいしんじょうたい)にまだ陥っていなかった(おちいる)のである。

Now Marina was a romantic, she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.
テレビを見る(みる)ことは受動的(じゅどうてき)活動(かつどう)である。

Watching TV is a passive activity.
テレビを見る(みる)ことによって、その参加(さんか)がより受動的(じゅどうてき)になり熱(ねつ)のないものになることで、ファンの役割(やくわり)も変わって(かわる)しまう。

Watching television changes the role of the fans by making their participation more passive and distant.
タバコ(たばこ)(たばこ)を全く(まったく)吸わなかった人々(ひとびと)の６７％が受動的に(じゅどうてき)タバコ(たばこ)(たばこ)の煙(けむり)を吸わされることで、健康(けんこう)への影響(えいきょう)が心配(しんぱい)だと言った(いう)。

67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.
すべての(すべて)芸術作品(さくひん)(げいじゅつさくひん)の中(なか)(なか)で最高(さいこう)の作品(さくひん)の中(なか)(なか)にはあらゆる事(こと)(こと)(こと)が実現(じつげん)されて(される)おり、私(わたし)(わたし)は何も(なにも)与える(あたえる)事(こと)(こと)(こと)ができず、私(わたし)(わたし)の落ちつかない(おちつく)心(こころ)は、ただ受動的に(じゅどうてき)見つめる(みつめる)事(こと)(こと)(こと)に飽きて(あきる)仕舞う(しまう)のだった(だ)。

In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized, I could give nothing, and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation.

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受 JLPT 3

accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

On: ジュ

Kun: う.ける, -う.け, う.かる

8 strokes

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的 JLPT 2

bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

On: テキ

Kun: まと

8 strokes

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動 JLPT 4

move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

On: ドウ

Kun: うご.く, うご.かす

11 strokes

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