適切

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See also: 适切

Chinese

to fit; to suit close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (適切) 適 切
simp. (适切) 适 切

Pronunciation

Adjective

適切

  1. appropriate; apt

Adverb

適切

  1. quite opportunely

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適 切
てき
Grade: 5 		せつ
Grade: 2
kan'yōon kan'on

Etymology

From 適(てき) (teki, “suitable, fit, proper”) + 切(せつ) (setsu, “in close contact”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

適(てき)切(せつ) • (tekisetsu) -na (adnominal 適(てき)切(せつ)な (tekisetsu na), adverbial 適(てき)切(せつ)に (tekisetsu ni))

  1. appropriate, adequate, proper

Inflection

Inflection of 適切
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 適切だろ てきせつだろ tekisetsu daro
Continuative (連用形) 適切で てきせつで tekisetsu de
Terminal (終止形) 適切だ てきせつだ tekisetsu da
Attributive (連体形) 適切な てきせつな tekisetsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 適切なら てきせつなら tekisetsu nara
Imperative (命令形) 適切であれ てきせつであれ tekisetsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 適切ではない
適切じゃない 		てきせつではない
てきせつじゃない 		tekisetsu de wa nai
tekisetsu ja nai
Informal past 適切だった てきせつだった tekisetsu datta
Informal negative past 適切ではなかった
適切じゃなかった 		てきせつではなかった
てきせつじゃなかった 		tekisetsu de wa nakatta
tekisetsu ja nakatta
Formal 適切です てきせつです tekisetsu desu
Formal negative 適切ではありません
適切じゃありません 		てきせつではありません
てきせつじゃありません 		tekisetsu de wa arimasen
tekisetsu ja arimasen
Formal past 適切でした てきせつでした tekisetsu deshita
Formal negative past 適切ではありませんでした
適切じゃありませんでした 		てきせつではありませんでした
てきせつじゃありませんでした 		tekisetsu de wa arimasen deshita
tekisetsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 適切で てきせつで tekisetsu de
Conditional 適切なら（ば） てきせつなら（ば） tekisetsu nara (ba)
Provisional 適切だったら てきせつだったら tekisetsu dattara
Volitional 適切だろう てきせつだろう tekisetsu darō
Adverbial 適切に てきせつに tekisetsu ni
Degree 適切さ てきせつさ tekisetsusa

Noun

適(てき)切(せつ) • (tekisetsu) 

  1. appropriacy, adequacy, propriety

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
適切

Noun

適切 • (jeokjeol) (hangeul 적절)

  1. hanja form? of 적절
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