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先天的
せんてんてき
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inherent, congenital, hereditary
Sententeki is 先天 (senten, “congenital”) plus 的 (-teki, “-like”).
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In a sentence
彼は先天的な詩人です。
He is a born poet.
彼女は先天的な無口です。
She is reserved by nature.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “先天(せんてん) (senten, “congenital”) + 的(てき) (-teki, “-like”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 先天的 (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.