How to say "qualification" in Japanese

• 形容けいようCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers only the grammatical sense: qualification of a noun with an adjective, i.e. modification. It really means description or expression in words, so it is not the word for qualifications such as credentials or requirements.
  その王女おうじょは形容けいようできないほど美うつくしかった。↗

  The princess was beautiful beyond description.
• 条件じょうけんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers qualification as a requirement: a condition that must be satisfied, as in the qualifications for membership or eligibility. Think of the conditions attached to something rather than the act of passing.
  そちらの条件じょうけんを受け入うけいれましょう。↗

  We will accept your conditions.
• 合格ごうかくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers qualification as the act or state of meeting a standard: passing an inspection or being found eligible. Use it for the result of qualifying, not for the requirements themselves.
  新車しんしゃはテストを受うけて首尾しゅびよく合格ごうかくした。↗

  The new car underwent its tests successfully.

Use 形容 only for the grammar sense of qualifying a noun with an adjective, 条件 for qualifications as requirements or conditions to be met, and 合格 for qualifying in the sense of passing or being found eligible.

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• 形容けいようdescription
• 条件じょうけんcondition
• 有資格ゆうしかくeligibility (e.g. to perform a job)
• 予選通過よせんつうかgetting through a qualifying round
• 合格ごうかくmeeting (specifications, standards, etc.)
• 通過つうかpassing (an examination, inspection, etc.)
• 修飾しゅうしょくmodification