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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

適てき当とう

N4
てきとう tekitou
  1. suitability
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

合适;适当;随便

Examples

  • あなたが適てき当とうだと思おもう本ほんなら何なんでも読よみなさい。
    Read whatever books you think proper.
    只要是你觉得合适的书,什么都读吧。
  • 靴下は適当な大きさのものがよい。
    Stockings should be of the proper size.
    袜子大小合适比较好。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fa043680e3'); // 適当
{
  "id": "fa043680e3",
  "word": "適当",
  "reading": "てきとう",
  "romaji": "tekitou",
  "meanings": [
    "suitability"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1437450,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたが適当だと思う本なら何でも読みなさい。",
      "furigana": "あなたが{適当|てきとう}だと{思|おも}う{本|ほん}なら{何|なん}でも{読|よ}みなさい。",
      "en": "Read whatever books you think proper.",
      "tatoeba_id": 236792
    },
    {
      "ja": "靴下は適当な大きさのものがよい。",
      "en": "Stockings should be of the proper size.",
      "tatoeba_id": 179231
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b19999b73aeee99a8acbc9b8025f7ed18cf3ae12d4bb6bb8a1301af85c824ac2",
    "meanings": [
      "合适",
      "适当",
      "随便"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたが適当だと思う本なら何でも読みなさい。",
        "zh": "只要是你觉得合适的书,什么都读吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "靴下は適当な大きさのものがよい。",
        "zh": "袜子大小合适比较好。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/fa043680e3",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e3842fffb7861c5461c9a7c975b01d05dcb8e0920a36cd0df0e10e018a4060fd"
  }
}