How to say "appropriately" in Japanese
- adverbCovers 'appropriately' as 'properly, as is fitting': handling or dealing with a matter as it ought to be handled. The less common of the two, and usually written in kana alone.
- 適宜てきぎnoun, adverbCovers 'appropriately' as 'as required, at one's discretion': adjusting or doing something as circumstances warrant, by one's own judgment. A common word, typical of instructions that tell you to adjust something as needed.
Use 適宜 for the common 'as required, at one's discretion' sense of adjusting or acting as circumstances warrant; 「しかるべく」, the less common choice, covers doing something properly, as is fitting.
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