適度|てきどtekido[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. na-adjective, no-adjectivemoderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
   健康けんこうは適切てきせつな食事しょくじと適度てきどな運動うんどうにある。↗

   Good health consists of proper eating and moderate exercise.

• Synonym程よいほどよいNeutralAn adjective for something that is just right, as in 「程よい甘さ」. Common in speech, and leans on a felt sense of balance rather than an exact measure.
• SynonymほどほどにNeutralAn adverb telling someone to keep it moderate, as in 「お酒は程々に」. Often used in advice or warnings to stop before going too far.
• Related適当てきとうNeutralIt can mean 'suitable', but in speech it often means careless or half-hearted; whether it works for 「適度」 depends on context.
• Related適切てきせつNeutralMeans apt or appropriate for the situation, as in 「適切な対応」. 「適度」 is narrower: it is about amount or degree being neither too much nor too little.
• Related相応そうおうNeutralSays something suits a given state or condition, as in 「年相応」. The point is matching it, not the degree itself.
• Related妥当だとうNeutralJudges something as reasonable and defensible; it can also assess amounts, as in 「妥当な金額」. 「適度」 is about degree, not soundness.
• Related控えめひかえめNeutralSuggests holding back: less of something or a modest manner, as in 「塩分控えめ」. It leans toward the low side, while 「適度」 is neither more nor less.
• Related穏健おんけんNeutralDescribes thought or conduct as moderate, not extreme, as in 「穏健派」. Mostly used of political stances.
• RelatedふさわしいNeutralMeans fitting or suited to a place or occasion, as in 「場に相応しい」. It does not comment on degree or amount.
• RelatedしかるべきWrittenA written, formal word for what is due or called for. It does not express degree.
• Related中庸ちゅうようWrittenA written, philosophical term for the impartial middle way, one of the Confucian virtues.
• Related中程度ちゅうていどNeutralPlainly 'medium' in size or level, as in 「中程度の地震」. A neutral, objective description with no sense of being just right.
• Relatedそれ相応それそうおうNeutralMeans 'fitting for that', as in 「それ相応の報酬」. The emphasis is on being on a par with it.
• Related程よくほどよくNeutralAn adverb for something coming out just right, as in 「程よく焼けた」. Frequent in speech.
• Antonym過度かどNeutralThe direct opposite of 「適度」: going beyond the proper limit.
• Antonym過剰かじょうNeutralAlso the opposite: too much of something, an excess or surplus beyond the right amount.

Use 「適度」 when a degree or amount is neither too much nor too little. 「程よい」 and 「程よく」 are common in speech for a just-right feel; 「程々に」 fits advice to go easy. 「控えめ」 leans toward less; 「中程度」 just means 'medium'. For fitting a situation or status, use 「適切」「相応」「相応しい」「それ相応」; for judgment, 「妥当」. 「然るべき」 is formal prose, 「中庸」 philosophical, 「穏健」 mostly political. 「過度」 and 「過剰」 are opposites.

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1. 程度ていどが適切てきせつであること。