Illustration: In a Japanese dance practice room, a teacher in a plain kimono demonstrates a formal pose with a folding fan held precisely at shoulder height. A younger adult student mirrors the bent knees, controlled wrist, and measured placement of the feet.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

古こ典てん的てき

kotenteki

classical, traditional

Example sentences

  1. もっと古典的こてんてきな顔立かおだちなのかと思おもいきや、今いまの時代じだいでも充分通用じゅうぶんつうようする美形びけいです。

    I expected more classical features, but hers is a beauty that would do well even in this age.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、日本にっぽんの古典的こてんてきな理想りそうの男子像だんしぞうにも例たとえられる。

    It is also likened to the image of a "classical ideal Japanese man."

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この古典的こてんてきな学説がくせつは広ひろく受うけ容いれられ、戦後せんごも学界がっかいの主流しゅりゅうを占しめることとなった。

    This classical theory was widely accepted and also after the war became mainstream in the academics.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 古典的

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-
  • 典code; ceremonyOnテン・デンKunふみ・のり
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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