passive, negative

Kanji in this word

• 消 extinguish
• 極 extreme, pole
• 的 target, object

Example sentences

• 警察けいさつが医療いりょう事故じこの立件りっけんに消極的しょうきょくてきだ。

  Keisatsu ga iryou jiko no rikken ni shoukyokuteki da.

  The police are reluctant to pursue criminal charges in medical cases.

• どうしてトムはそんな消極的しょうきょくてきな態度たいどなの？

  Dou shi te tomu wa sonna shoukyokuteki na taido na no?

  Why does Tom have such a negative attitude?

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 消しゴム eraser
• 消える to go out; to disappear
• 消す to turn off; to erase
• 消耗品 consumables
• 消費期限 use-by date
• 消費 consumption