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順当 (じゅんとう, juntou) Japanese meaning: proper | Kotomora
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選えら
ば
れ
た
の
は
順じゅん
当とう
な
結けっ
果か
だ
。
It's a natural outcome that he was chosen.
Reasonably speaking, he will probably be the next president.
Usage patterns 順じゅん 当とう な 結けっ 果か a natural/expected result
I think this match ended with the expected result.
順じゅん 当とう に 勝か つ to win as expected
The favorite advanced by winning as expected.
順じゅん 当とう に 行い けば if things go as they normally should
If things go as expected, he will become the next president.
Related words 当然 stresses that something is natural or obvious as a matter of course, while 順当 emphasizes a fair, expected outcome that follows logically from the circumstances.
妥当 focuses on logical or ethical validity/appropriateness, whereas 順当 is more about a smooth, expected progression or result.
至当 is a more formal, bookish way to say something is thoroughly reasonable, while 順当 is the everyday word for an expected, fair outcome.
Etymology Compound of 順 (order, sequence) and 当 (hit, appropriate). The combination conveys the idea of something being in proper order or fitting naturally into a sequence.
