消極

See also: 消极

Chinese

 
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (消極)
simp. (消极)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 消極 (しょうきょく) (shōkyoku, negative, passive)

Pronunciation


Adjective

消極

  1. (of mood or attitude) negative; passive

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3
きょく
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

消極 (-na inflection, hiragana しょうきょく, rōmaji shōkyoku, historical hiragana せうきよく)

  1. passive, reluctant to pursue one's own goals or express one's own views

Antonyms

Compounds

Inflection

Noun

消極 (hiragana しょうきょく, rōmaji shōkyoku, historical hiragana せうきよく)

  1. passivity

Descendants

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