先天的 (sententeki)
a priori, inborn, innate, inherent, congenital, hereditary
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 0
- #36958 most frequent
Meaning
先天的 (せんてんてき, sententeki) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “a priori, inborn, innate, inherent, congenital, hereditary”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
これは先天的な病気です
This is a congenital disease.
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.
彼の数学の才能は先天的だ.
He was born with a talent [head] for mathematics.
彼は先天的に耳が聞こえない.
He is congenitally deaf.
その習慣は後天的で、先天的なものではない。
That habit is acquired, not innate.
先天的骨髄機能不全症には数種類のものが存在する。
there are several different inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.
天才とは従来、先天的に絶大な努力をなし得る能力を備えた者との定義が下されてきた。
Genius has been defined as a supreme capacity for taking trouble.