JLPT N3 · な-adjective

適切 (tekisetsu)

適切 (てきせつ, tekisetsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “appropriate; suitable”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てきせつ
Romaji: tekisetsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

「行った」というのが適切な言葉だ。

"Performed" is the right word.

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

Conjugation of 適切

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	適切だ	てきせつだ tekisetsuda
Present (polite)	適切です	てきせつです tekisetsudesu
Negative	適切じゃない	てきせつじゃない tekisetsujanai
Past	適切だった	てきせつだった tekisetsudatta
Negative past	適切じゃなかった	てきせつじゃなかった tekisetsujanakatta
Te-form	適切で	てきせつで tekisetsude
Before a noun	適切な	てきせつな tekisetsuna
Adverb (~ni)	適切に	てきせつに tekisetsuni

Kanji in 適切

適

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

切

cut, cutoff, be sharpセツ・サイ・き.る・-き.る · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 適切.

適当てきとうsuitable快適かいてきpleasant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切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut大切たいせつimportant親切しんせつkind切れきれpiece

Source: JMdict entry 1437430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.