How to say "fitting" in Japanese

• 適切てきせつJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'fitting' meaning appropriate or apt — a fitting reply, tribute, or choice. It evaluates something against the requirements of the situation, so use it where 'fitting' could be replaced by 'appropriate'.
  「行いった」というのが適切てきせつな言葉ことばだ。↗

  "Performed" is the right word.
• 装着そうちゃくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThis is 'fitting' as a physical act: installing, mounting, or attaching equipment or parts to something. Think of fitting a component into a machine, not of suitability or of trying on clothes.
• フィッティングCommon
  nounThe loanword for a fitting of clothing: the session of trying on a garment, as at a tailor or dressmaker, to check or adjust how it fits.
• 適宜てきぎJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveDespite the gloss, this is seldom the word you want for 'fitting' as an adjective. It works mainly adverbially, meaning 'as appropriate' or 'as needed' — do something as the situation requires.
• 着付けきつけCommon
  nounHere 'fitting' means dressing someone: helping a person into a garment, especially a kimono. It does not cover trying on clothes to check their fit.

Use 適切 for 'fitting' meaning appropriate, 装着 for fitting parts or equipment, 「フィッティング」 for trying on clothes, 適宜 mainly as an adverb meaning 'as appropriate', and 「着付け」 for dressing someone, especially in kimono.

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• 適切てきせつappropriate
• 装着そうちゃくequipping
• フィッティングfitting (of clothing)
• 適宜てきぎsuitable
• 着付けきつけdressing (esp. in kimono)
• 据え付けすえつけinstallation
• ふさわしいappropriate
• 似つかわしいにつかわしいsuitable
• 電装でんそうfitting (electrical equipment)
• 立て付けたてつけfitting (e.g. door, window)
• 取り付けとりつけinstallation
• 好適こうてきideal
• それ相応それそうおうappropriate
• 合目的的ごうもくてきてきpertinent
• 造作ぞうさくhouse fixture
• 収まりおさまりbalance
• 着装ちゃくそうattaching (a component, accessory, etc.)