JLPT N1 · い-adjective

ふさわしい (fusawashii)

ふさわしい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “appropriate; adequate”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ふさわしい
Romaji
fusawashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

君にふさわしいはずはないのだから。
He couldn't be good for you.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of ふさわしい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentふさわしいふさわしい fusawashii
Negativeふさわしくないふさわしくない fusawashikunai
Pastふさわしかったふさわしかった fusawashikatta
Negative pastふさわしくなかったふさわしくなかった fusawashikunakatta
Te-formふさわしくてふさわしくて fusawashikute
Adverb (~ku)ふさわしくふさわしく fusawashiku
Conditional (~ba)ふさわしければふさわしければ fusawashikereba

Source: JMdict entry 1400850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.