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適用 (てきよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 適用する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 適てき 用よう する 適てき 用よう しない Polite 適てき 用よう します 適てき 用よう しません Past polite 適てき 用よう しました 適てき 用よう しませんでした Past 適てき 用よう した 適てき 用よう しなかった Te-form 適てき 用よう して 適てき 用よう しないで Desire 適てき 用よう したい 適てき 用よう したくない Potential 適てき 用よう できる 適てき 用よう できない Passive 適てき 用よう される 適てき 用よう されない Causative 適てき 用よう させる 適てき 用よう させない Causative passive 適てき 用よう させられる 適てき 用よう させられない Volitional 適てき 用よう しよう Polite volitional 適てき 用よう しましょう Imperative 適てき 用よう しろ 適てき 用よう するな Conditional 適てき 用よう すれば 適てき 用よう しなければ Tara conditional 適てき 用よう したら 適てき 用よう しなかったら
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らい
月げつ
から
全ぜん
社しゃ
員いん
に
適てき
用よう
さ
れる
。
The new rules will apply to all employees from next month.
This discount can also be applied to online orders.
It is difficult to apply this method to every case.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 適てき 用よう する to apply a law, rule, or standard
This ordinance will be applied starting next year.
〈 事こと 〉 に 適てき 用よう する to apply (a rule) to a case or situation
This law does not apply to this particular case.
適てき 用よう を 受う ける to be subject to the application of (a rule, discount, etc.)
There are conditions to be eligible for this discount.
適てき 用よう 外がい となる to fall outside the scope of application
Existing members are excluded from the new terms.
Kanji 適 suitable, occasional, rare 用 utilize, business, service Related words 応用 means creatively applying knowledge or a technique to a new purpose, while 適用 means applying an established rule, law, or condition to a specific case.
運用 means operating or managing a system, fund, or rule in practice, while 適用 focuses narrowly on whether a rule applies to a particular case.
施行 refers to a law or regulation coming into legal effect, while 適用 refers to that law being applied to specific people or situations.
適用する is a formal term for applying official rules, laws, or regulations, while 当てはめる is more general and can also describe personal or informal adaptation.
Don't confuse with 適用 (application of a rule) and 摘要 (a summary or abstract) share the same reading てきよう but have completely unrelated meanings.
適応 means adapting to an environment or situation, while 適用 means applying a rule, law, or method to a case—learners often confuse the similar-looking kanji.
Word family· 11 not applicable; N/A
applicability
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Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 適, associated with suitability or fitting, and 用, use. The compound expresses using or applying something where it fits a particular case.
一いっ 括かつ 適てき 用よう
batch application; applying collectively
first-time adoption; initial application
Show 5 more extraterritorial application; extraterritoriality
field of application; application domain
application; applied business
scope of application; range of use; coverage
exemption; exclusion from application
