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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう極きょく的てき

shoukyokuteki

passive, reluctant

Example sentences

警察けいさつが医療事故いりょうじこの立件りっけんに消極的しょうきょくてきだ。
The police are reluctant to pursue criminal charges in medical cases.
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彼かれは消極的しょうきょくてきな性格せいかくだ。
He has a passive character.
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彼かれは何なにをするにも消極的しょうきょくてきだ。
He is passive in everything.
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Kanji in 消極的

消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり
的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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