Target or -al, -ive, etc.

by Nao

mato, teki

The bull’s-eye is called mato in Japanese. This word is almost equivalent to a target. So it can be a result you want to achieve or a particular person who are criticized or blamed for an issue relating to them as they are responsible for it.

In compounds, its reading is teki. Mokuteki is a purpose or an objective. Tekichū literally means to shoot the bull’s eye and a derived meaning is to make an accurate prediction. Tekichū becomes a verb when you add –suru. The past tense of tekichūsuru is tekichūshita, meaning that you hit the bull’s eye or predicted accurately.

The suffix “-teki” is used to make adjectives like words with –al, -ive, –ic, and so on.

Here is a table showing nouns and their related adjectives with teki.

noun	adjective
katsudō=activity	katsudōteki = active
kan jō = emotion	kanjōteki = emotional
kanryō = bueaucracy	kanryōteki = bureaucratic
gijutsu = technique	gijutsuteki = technical
kiseki = miracle	kisekiteki = miraculous
bun ka = culture	bunkateki = cultural
bun gaku = literature	bungakuteki = literary
hankō = rebellion	hankoteki = rebellious
tōkei = statistic	tōkeiteki = statistical
ten sai = prodigy	tensaiteki = prodigious
chok kan = intuition	chokkanteki = intuitive

1. Draw the sweeping dot.
2. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
3. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
4. Draw the horizontal line in the rectangle.
5. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
6. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
7. Draw the hook with an upward turn.
8. Draw the dot embraced by the hook.