積極的

Taken apart

1. 積極

   せっきょく

   positive procession towards an objective; the positive pole

2. +

3. 的

   てき

   adjective-forming suffix

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Written with 積極的

In a sentence

• あの学生(がくせい)はとても積極(せっきょく)的(てき)だ。

  That student is very active.

  Tatoeba #231115, translation #68481

• 民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)は自由(じゆう)を積極(せっきょく)的(てき)に認(みと)める。

  Democracy encourages freedom.

  Tatoeba #81022, translation #322693

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What Wiktionary says

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• “Compound of 積極(せっきょく) (sekkyoku, “positive procession towards an objective; the positive pole”) + 的(てき) (-teki, adjective-forming suffix).”

Source: Wiktionary: 積極的 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).

What the labels mean

漢語 Sino-Japanese

Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.

Compound

Two or more words or stems joined into one.

Derivation

A word built from a stem plus a suffix or prefix.