(かくめいてき)

かくめいてき
na-adjective
revolutionary, groundbreaking
1. revolutionary (politically)
Related to or supporting political revolution or radical change in government.
A revolutionary movement shook the nation.
That leader spread revolutionary ideas.
(かれ)思想(しそう)革命的(かくめいてき)だった。
His ideas were revolutionary.
2. revolutionary, groundbreaking
Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change; innovative to the point of changing everything.
これ革命的(かくめいてき)発明(はつめい)
This is a revolutionary invention.
Revolutionary technology changed the industry.
(かれ)思想(しそう)革命的(かくめいてき)だった。
His ideas were revolutionary.

FORMATION: 革命(かくめい) (revolution) + (てき) (adjectival suffix)

FORMS:

  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な+noun (attributive)
  • 革命的(かくめいてき)に+verb (adverbial)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

USAGE: In modern Japanese, 革命的(かくめいてき) is often used in sense 2 (groundbreaking, game-changing) in business and technology contexts, similar to English "revolutionary" in marketing language.

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