生理的

せいりてき

Meanings

1. な-adjective physiological; physical
2. visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

Kanji

• 生 life. Read as セイ.
• 理 reason
• 的 -like. Read as テキ.

Example sentences

• 子供や赤ちゃんは生理的に苦手なの。
  I'm instinctively bad with children and infants.
• 「なんでそんなにトムのこと嫌いなの？ めっちゃいい人なのに」「いや、悪い人じゃないのは分かるんだけど、生理的に無理なんだよね」
  "Why do you hate Tom so much? He's a pretty good guy." "No, I know he's not a bad person, but psychologically it's impossible for me to like him."
• 猫が生理的に水を嫌うと言う意味は、水に対する猫の自然な反応だ。
  To say that a cat is instinctively averse to water means that it is the cat's natural reaction towards it.

Words containing 生理的

• 生理的食塩水 (せいりてきしょくえんすい) physiological saline

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