How to say "matching" in Japanese

• 対応たいおうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbMatching as suitability or correspondence: one thing being appropriate for another. For pairing or combining items it is seldom the word you want; it is really about dealing with or responding to something.
  われわれは教育きょういくの方法ほうほうを時代じだいに対応たいおうしなければならない。↗

  We have to bring our teaching methods up to date.
• 組み合わせくみあわせJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounMatching in the sense of pairing: which people or things are put together, as in the draw for a contest. It names the combination itself — who or what is paired with whom.
• コーディネートCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMatching in the sense of coordinating: putting clothes, accessories, furniture or colours together so they go well together. Think of choosing an outfit or arranging a room so the pieces suit one another.

Use 「組み合わせ」 for pairing people or things together, especially in a contest; 「コーディネート」 for coordinating clothes, colours or furniture; and 対応 for matching as suitability or correspondence rather than pairing.

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• コーデcoordination
• マッチングmatching
• 突合とつごうmatching
• 突き合わせつきあわせmatching
• 一致判定いっちはんていmatching
• おそろっちmatching (clothing)
• おそろsame
• 対応たいおうsuitability
• 組み合わせくみあわせmatching (in a contest)
• コーディネートmatching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
• マッチmatching (with)
• お揃いおそろいmatching (clothing)