本格的

Reading

Kana: ほんかくてき

Romaji: honkakuteki

Definitions

adj-na

1

genuine; real; regular; normal; typical; standard; orthodox

2

full-scale; full-blown; all-out

3

full-fledged; professional

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

格

Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ

Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Example Sentences

本格的(ほんかくてき)に雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り出(だ)した。

➥It began to rain in earnest.

超(ちょう)大国(たいこく)が激(はげ)しい国境(こっきょう)紛争(ふんそう)を解決(かいけつ)するために本格的(ほんかくてき)に交渉(こうしょう)した。

➥The superpowers negotiated in earnest for the settlement of the intense conflict.

本格的(ほんかくてき)な休暇(きゅうか)は３年(ねん)ぶりだ。

➥It's three years since I had a real vacation.

もちろん学生(がくせい)時代(じだい)に英語(えいご)は勉強(べんきょう)したけど、本格的(ほんかくてき)に始(はじ)めたのはここ２、３年(ねん)くらい前(まえ)です。

➥Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.