適宜|てきぎtekigi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, no-adjectivesuitable; appropriate; fitting; proper
  2. noun, adverbappropriately; accordingly; as required; at one's discretion
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Conjugation
Plain form適宜(てきぎ)
Polite (desu)適宜です(てきぎです)
Negative (dewa nai)適宜ではない(てきぎではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)適宜ではありません(てきぎではありません)
Past (datta)適宜だった(てきぎだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)適宜ではなかった(てきぎではなかった)
Te form (de)適宜で(てきぎで)
Adverbial (ni)適宜に(てきぎに)
Conditional (nara)適宜なら(てきぎなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym適切てきせつNeutralProper and fitting — an evaluative judgement. 「適宜」 is about handling things flexibly as the situation requires, and often works adverbially.
  • Synonym適当てきとうNeutralCan mean suitable, but also perfunctory or careless; 「適宜」 leans formal and never carries that negative sense.
  • SynonymふさわしいNeutralMeans matching or befitting someone's status or the occasion. 「適宜」 focuses on acting at one's discretion as circumstances dictate.
  • Synonym適正てきせいWrittenA written/formal word for what is reasonable and proper, as in 「適正価格」; 「適宜」 stresses flexibility.
  • Related似つかわしいにつかわしいWrittenA written/formal word meaning becoming and appropriate; 「適宜」 is about handling things at one's discretion.
  • Related相応そうおうNeutralMeans befitting or corresponding, as in 「年相応」. 「適宜」 is about flexible, discretionary handling.
  • Related合うあうNeutralA verb meaning to suit, match or agree. 「適宜」 instead concerns acting as the situation requires.
  • RelatedあてはまるNeutralA verb for fitting or applying to a rule or condition. 「適宜」 is about adjusting flexibly to circumstances.
  • Related手ごろてごろNeutralRefers to prices, sizes or degrees being just right or manageable. 「適宜」 is about adjusting to circumstances.
  • RelatedしかるべくWrittenWritten/formal: appropriately, often when asking someone to handle a matter; 「適宜」 is the more common choice.
  • RelatedもってこいCasualColloquial: just right, perfect for the purpose; 「適宜」 is the more formal option.
  • Relatedそれ相応それそうおうNeutralMeans corresponding to that, as in 「それ相応の報酬」. 「適宜」 focuses on acting at one's discretion.
  • Related分相応ぶんそうおうNeutralMeans within one's means or fitting one's station in life. 「適宜」 is about handling things as the situation calls for.
  • RelatedよしなにWrittenWritten/formal: properly or as you see fit, with a polite or old-fashioned air, as in 「よしなにお願いします」; 「適宜」 is more neutral.
  • Antonym一律いちりつNeutralAntonym: uniform, across-the-board treatment — the opposite of the case-by-case discretion of 「適宜」.

Use 「適宜」 for doing something as the situation requires, at your own discretion: 「適宜休憩をとる」「適宜判断する」. For what is proper and fitting, pick 「適切」; 「適当」 can mean suitable but also sloppy; 「よしなに」 politely asks someone to handle a matter; 「一律」 is the opposite — uniform, one-size-fits-all treatment.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 場面ばめんや状況じょうきょうなどに適合てきごうしているさま。適切てきせつに。
  2. 随意ずいいに。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents

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