Meaning

Primary

Conservative

Word Type

な adjective

Explanation

Who are all like "I want to preserve and protect what I have, get out of my business, government!"? Conservative people, of course.

Reading

ほしゅてき
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading doesn't match up for this word's . The reading is しゅ, but you can remember that because the conservatives want to protect and preserve their hoes () and their chutes (しゅ) from the government. For some reason those get taxed a lot.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 保守的な性格

    a conservative nature

    保守的な人

    a conservative person

    保守的な考え

    conservative views, conservative thinking

Context Sentences

保守的な学校だったので、学生はみんな校そく通りにせい服を着用するよう要求されました。

My school was very conservative, so students were required to wear uniforms in accordance with the school regulations.

日本国民は、保守的な国民だと思いますか?

Do you think the Japanese are conservative people?

コウイチはビエトに、年をとるにつれて保守的になる人が多いけど、俺はそうはなりたくない、と言った。

Koichi told Viet that people tend to become more conservative as they get older, but he doesn’t want to be like that.

Kanji Composition