適

Meaning

適 centers on a good fit between a person or thing and a situation: being suitable, qualified, or capable for a role. The occasional and rare senses extend from the idea of something fitting only in specific, infrequent circumstances.

• 適当てきとう
  N4

  suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; fair

• 適用てきよう
  N3

  application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

• 適切てきせつ
  N3

  appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right; pertinent; relevant

• 快適かいてき
  N3

  pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

• 最適さいてき
  N2

  most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

• 適応てきおう
  N2

  adaptation; accommodation; conformity

• 適正てきせい

  reasonable; suitable

• 適するてきする
  N3

  to fit; to suit

• 適合てきごう

  conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence

• 不適切ふてきせつ
  N2

  unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

• 適度てきど
  N3

  moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

• 適性てきせい
  N1

  aptitude; aptness; suitability

• 適格てきかく

  eligible; qualified; competent

• 適量てきりょう
  N1

  proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose

• 不適合ふてきごう

  non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible

• 適うかなう
  N1

  to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.); to serve; to meet (one's expectations, wishes, etc.); to measure up to (e.g. one's ideal); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be consistent with (reason, morality, etc.)

• 適宜てきぎ
  N1

  suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper

• 適時てきじ

  timely; opportune

• 適法てきほう

  legal; lawful; legitimate

• 適任てきにん

  competent; suitable; qualified

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