JLPT N4 vocabulary
適当: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
てきとう0Heiban · flat
na-adjective
Meaning
- suitable, proper, appropriate, adequate, fit, fair
- perfunctory, half-minded, sloppy, lazy, careless, noncommittal, unreliable, irresponsible, haphazard
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| Plain past過去形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| Polite presentです形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| Te-formて形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 適当 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 適当 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 適当 | 適当 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 適当 | 適当 |