1.
intellectual
Showing or relating to intelligence and the ability to think and understand; characterized by or suggesting intelligence.
彼女は知性的な印象を与える。
She gives an intellectual impression.
知性的な会話を楽しむ。
To enjoy intellectual conversation.
知性的な顔立ちをしている。
He has intelligent-looking features.
WORD FORMATION:
知性 (intellect) + 的 (adjectival suffix)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 知性的な人: intellectual person
- 知性的な雰囲気: intellectual atmosphere
- 知性的な美しさ: intellectual beauty
- 知性的に見える: to look intellectual
RELATED TERMS:
- 知性: intellect
- 知的: intellectual (similar meaning, more common)
- 理知的: rational, intellectual
Related Words
Synonym:
知的 (intellectual)