I Love Kanji適当 (tekitou)
適当 (てきとう, tekitou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “suitable; proper”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- てきとう
- Romaji
- tekitou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit · な-adjective, noun
- perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy; lazy; careless · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
ＩＮＦ社の誰か最も適当な人を教えてください。
Can you please let me know the most suitable person in INF Co., Ltd?
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 適当
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 適当だ | てきとうだ tekitouda |
| Present (polite) | 適当です | てきとうです tekitoudesu |
| Negative | 適当じゃない | てきとうじゃない tekitoujanai |
| Past | 適当だった | てきとうだった tekitoudatta |
| Negative past | 適当じゃなかった | てきとうじゃなかった tekitoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 適当で | てきとうで tekitoude |
| Before a noun | 適当な | てきとうな tekitouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 適当に | てきとうに tekitouni |
Kanji in 適当
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 適当.
快適かいてきpleasant適切てきせつappropriate適度てきどmoderate (degree)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本当ほんとうtruthお弁当おべんとうbento見当けんとうestimate当りあたりhit相当そうとうcorresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.)担当たんとうbeing in charge (of an area of responsibility)
Source: JMdict entry 1437450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.