JLPT N3 · な-adjective

適度 (tekido)

適度 (てきど, tekido) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “moderate (degree); proper (amount)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てきど
Romaji: tekido
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

健康は適切な食事と適度な運動にある。

Good health consists of proper eating and moderate exercise.

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

Conjugation of 適度

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	適度だ	てきどだ tekidoda
Present (polite)	適度です	てきどです tekidodesu
Negative	適度じゃない	てきどじゃない tekidojanai
Past	適度だった	てきどだった tekidodatta
Negative past	適度じゃなかった	てきどじゃなかった tekidojanakatta
Te-form	適度で	てきどで tekidode
Before a noun	適度な	てきどな tekidona
Adverb (~ni)	適度に	てきどに tekidoni

Kanji in 適度

適

suitable, occasional, rareテキ・かな.う · 14 strokes

度

degrees, occurrence, timeド・ト・たび・-た.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 適度.

適当てきとうsuitable快適かいてきpleasant適切てきせつappropriate適用てきようapplication (of a rule, law, method, etc.)適確てきかくaccurate適応てきおうadaptation適宜てきぎsuitable適性てきせいaptitude度どdegree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)丁度ちょうどexactly今度こんどthis time一度いちどonce支度したくpreparation度たびtime (three times, each time, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1437440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.