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適当てきとう

てきとう tekitou Play N4 Na-adjective Noun

物事にふさわしく、ちょうどよいこと。 suitability

Example 1

あなたが適当てきとうだと思おもう本ほんなら何なんでも読よみなさい。

Read whatever books you think proper.

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Example 2

靴下は適当な大きさのものがよい。

Stockings should be of the proper size.

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Kanji breakdown

当

N3

hit; right; appropriate; himself

On reading
トウ
Kun reading
あ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし
Radical
彐

適

N3

suitable; occasional; rare; qualified; capable

On reading
テキ
Kun reading
かな.う
Radical
辵
Illustration of お弁当
N5

おべんとう

boxed lunch

Illustration of 弁当
N3

べんとう

box lunch

Illustration of 当たる
N3

あたる

to be hit; to be successful; to be equivalent to

Illustration of 当てる
N3

あてる

to hit; to apply a patch

Illustration of 当時
N3

とうじ

at that time; in those days