JLPT N1 · な-adjective

相応 (souou)

相応 (そうおう, souou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “suitable; appropriate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
そうおう
Romaji
souou
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun, suru verb, intransitive
  2. conjoining; association; samprayukta · noun, suru verb, intransitive

Example sentences

収入相応の暮らしをしなさい。
Try to live within your means.

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

Conjugation of 相応

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary相応するそうおうする souousuru
Polite (~masu)相応しますそうおうします sououshimasu
Negative相応しないそうおうしない sououshinai
Polite negative相応しませんそうおうしません sououshimasen
Past相応したそうおうした sououshita
Polite past相応しましたそうおうしました sououshimashita
Negative past相応しなかったそうおうしなかった sououshinakatta
Te-form相応してそうおうして sououshite
Potential相応できるそうおうできる sououdekiru
Passive相応されるそうおうされる souousareru
Causative相応させるそうおうさせる souousaseru
Volitional相応しようそうおうしよう sououshiyou
Imperative相応しろそうおうしろ sououshiro
Conditional (~ba)相応すればそうおうすれば souousureba

Kanji in 相応

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 相応.

Source: JMdict entry 1400840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.