本ほん能のう的てき
Meanings
Na-adjective
1. instinctive; instinctual
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ほんのうてき
Composed of
本ほん能のう
instinct
Noun
的てき
-ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y; -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of
Suffix
Examples5
Birds learn to fly by instinct.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
That is to say, a language is something that we learn and are taught, not something that we know by instinct.
The economist instinctively anticipated the current depression.