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ふさわしい (fusawashii) Japanese meaning: appropriate | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation ふさわしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary ふさわしい ふさわしくない Polite ふさわしいです ふさわしくないです also ふさわしくありません Past polite ふさわしかったです ふさわしくなかったです also ふさわしくありませんでした Past ふさわしかった ふさわしくなかった Te-form ふさわしくて ふさわしくなくて Adverbial ふさわしく Conditional ふさわしければ ふさわしくなければ Tara conditional ふさわしかったら ふさわしくなかったら
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He is the right person for that job.
This award is fitting for him.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと〉 〉 に 相応ふさわ しい 〈 物もの〉 〉 fitting/worthy for a person (a role, title, partner, etc.)
He is a person fitting to be president.
〈 事こと〉 〉 に 相応ふさわ しい 〈 物もの〉 〉 suitable for an occasion or event
I chose clothes appropriate for the wedding.
〈 場所ばしょ〉 〉 に 相応ふさわ しい 〈 物もの〉 〉 suitable for a particular place or setting
This song suits a quiet café well.
〈 物も 〉 の 名〉のな に 相応ふさわ しい worthy of being called (a certain name/title)
This work is worthy of being called a masterpiece.
Kanji 相 inter-, mutual, together Related words· 8 適切 is a na-adjective/noun for objectively correct or proper action, while 相応しい is an i-adjective stressing that something matches a role, status, or occasion.
似合う is a verb used mainly for how clothing or appearance suits someone, while 相応しい is an adjective covering broader suitability of roles, status, or occasions.
妥当 describes a judgment, price, or conclusion as reasonable or valid, whereas 相応しい focuses on whether someone or something befits a particular role or situation.
値する is a formal verb meaning 'to be worthy/deserving of something' (used as 〜に値する), while ふさわしい is an adjective meaning 'suitable' or 'fitting' and covers a broader range of appropriateness, not just merit.
Show 4 more 似合い is used mainly of pairs or things that visually go well together, while 相応しい is a broader i-adjective meaning 'appropriate/fitting' for status, occasion, or role.
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.
ふさわしい is a plain adjective meaning 'fitting' for a person or role, while 適当 is a na-adjective/noun with a wider, sometimes negative, range of use.
Written forms Applies to each form listed below
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
ふさわしい Usage 91%
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 相応しい is a jukujikun reading and is less common.
相応ふさわ しい Usage 9%
Kanji spelling using jukujikun; recognizable but less common than kana.
Etymology Derived from the verb ふさう (to suit, to be appropriate), which is now archaic. The exact origin of ふさう is uncertain.
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相応しい is an adjective describing something as fitting or appropriate for a person or situation, while 見合う is a verb describing a matching relationship between two things.
