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相応する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Describes something that matches or is fitting for a given status, situation, or person. Often used in the pattern 〜に相応しい or 〜に相応の.

Buddhist technical term for mental factors that arise together; rarely used outside specialist contexts.

〈地ち位い〉に相そう応おうの〈物もの〉something befitting one's position or status
彼かれはその地ち位いに相そう応おうの待たい遇ぐうを受うけている。
He receives treatment befitting his position.
〈物もの〉に相そう応おうするto be commensurate with, to correspond to
給きゅう料りょうは仕し事ごとの量りょうに相そう応おうするべきだ。
Salary should be commensurate with the amount of work.
相そう応おうの〈物もの〉a reasonable or fitting amount of something
相そう応おうの努ど力りょくをしなければ成せい功こうしない。
You won't succeed without putting in a reasonable amount of effort.

適てき切せつN3sense 1
適切 stresses objective correctness or fitness for a purpose, while 相応 stresses fittingness for a person's status or situation.
ふさわしいN2sense 1
ふさわしい is a common everyday i-adjective, while 相応 is the more formal, written na-adjective/noun with the same core meaning.
妥だ当とうN2sense 1
妥当 means reasonable or valid in a logical or judgmental sense, while 相応 means fitting in relation to status or scale.
適てき当とうN4sense 1
適当 can mean suitably fitting like 相応, but it also commonly carries a negative sense of sloppy or careless that 相応 never has.

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お似に合あい
相応 is a formal word for general appropriateness (e.g. 年齢に相応しい), while お似合い is a casual, complimentary phrase specifically about how clothes, accessories, or couples look together.
応おう分ぶん
相応 is a general term for something being suitable or fitting, while 応分 specifically stresses a fair share of duty or cost proportional to one's status or means.
相そう当とうN3
相応 and 相当 both describe something being fitting or commensurate, but 相応 leans toward matching one's status or situation, while 相当 leans toward matching a standard or value.
それなりN2
相応 is a formal noun/adjectival word meaning 'suitable' or 'fitting', whereas それなり is a softer, more conversational adverb for accepting things as they are.
見み合あうN1
相応する is a more formal, almost bureaucratic way to say something matches or is appropriate, whereas 見合う is the everyday verb for the same idea.
値あたいするN1
相応する means 'to be commensurate with' or 'to match' something in degree, whereas 値する specifically means 'to deserve' or 'to be worth' praise, punishment, attention, etc.

不ふ釣つり合あい sense 1
不釣り合い describes something mismatched or out of balance, the opposite of 相応 which describes a good fit or match.
不ふ相そう応おうN1
相応 means suitable or proportionate, while 不相応 means unsuited or out of proportion — they are direct opposites.

相そう当とうN3sense 1
相当 shares the kanji 相 and means considerable or equivalent in degree, whereas 相応 means fitting or appropriate to one's status.
対たい応おうN2sense 1
対応 means correspondence or response to a situation, while 相応 means being suitably matched to one's status or circumstance.

不ふ相そう応おうN1
unsuited; inappropriate; out of proportion; undeserved
分ぶん相そう応おう
within one's means; appropriate to one's station
年とし相そう応おう
age-appropriate
それ相そう応おう
appropriate; suitable; fitting
四し神じん相そう応おう
ideal topography for the Four Symbols; geomantic configuration with four guardian gods

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年ねん齢れい相そう応おう
age-appropriate; befitting one's age
身み分ぶん相そう応おう
appropriate to one's station; within one's means; fitting one's social position

From Middle Chinese 相應 (sương 'ing), meaning 'mutual correspondence'. The Buddhist sense is a direct borrowing of the Sanskrit concept samprayukta.