🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

意欲的な

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iyokuteki na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Motivated/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は非常に意欲的な姿勢でプロジェクトに取り組んだ。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Enthusiastic and determined to achieve success, finish a task, or reach a goal.

    "The students were highly motivated to pass their final exams with top honors."
  2. 2

    Driven or caused by a specific incentive, reason, or stimulus.

    "Their decision to relocate was financially motivated."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'movere', meaning 'to move', passing through French 'motif' in the late Middle Ages. The modern psychological sense of being provided with a motive or enthusiasm for doing something developed significantly in the early 20th century.

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